Delano Applewhite, a man from Detroit, Michigan, was killed on October 23, 2012, after a dispute over drugs. Michael Terreal Davis accused Applewhite and his girlfriend of selling him heroin that had been cut with an additive. Davis forced both into the trunk of his car and drove away. Applewhite managed to open the trunk, jumped from the moving vehicle and ran across a vacant field while Davis’s girlfriend pursued in a separate car. Davis stopped, exited his vehicle and fired multiple shots, killing Applewhite.

Davis was arrested and charged in the homicide. A jury convicted him of second-degree murder, two counts of unlawful imprisonment and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced as a third habitual offender to prison terms that include 28 to 50 years for second-degree murder, with additional concurrent sentences for the unlawful imprisonment convictions and a separate term for the felony-firearm charge. An appeal briefly reduced the murder sentence to 25 to 50 years, but that reduction was later reversed and the higher term was reinstated; the Michigan Supreme Court denied further review.

Does anyone have memories of Applewhite or information about the events that night?