Benjamin Burrell was 35 when he was shot and killed on December 19, 2020, while walking from a parking lot to his apartment in Fairfield, Ohio, carrying his dinner after work as a manager at the Bridgewater Falls Old Navy. The Butler County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide. Investigators reported Burrell had no criminal record and that no illegal drugs were found on him or in his system.

The investigation led to the arrest of 24-year-old Bijan Michelangelo Jabbari, who was in a Florida jail on unrelated charges at the time. He was indicted on murder, felonious assault, aggravated robbery, and weapons-under-disability charges. Jabbari later admitted to shooting Burrell, saying he mistakenly believed Burrell was someone who might have had something belonging to him. During sentencing the judge called Burrell an innocent victim; family and friends described him as hardworking and humorous and said he was simply returning home from work.

Did anyone in the Fairfield area know Benjamin or see anything the night he was killed that could help clarify where he was coming from or who he crossed paths with?