On December 5, 2012, the body of 47-year-old Eric Anderson was found on the front lawn of his home in the 19908 block of Salem Street, near Pembroke Avenue, on Detroit’s west side. Officers responding to the scene found Anderson unresponsive and the Detroit Police Department recorded the incident as a homicide. Public reports provide little detail about the specific cause of death or what occurred before he was discovered.

The killing at the residential address in the 48219 zip code generated an active investigation, but no suspects were immediately identified and the person responsible remains unknown. The case has been entered in unsolved homicide and cold case databases, and there have been no reported arrests, charges, or convictions connected to Anderson’s death. Any witnesses or anyone with information about that night are asked to come forward.