Mark Tompkins was a 39-year-old truck driver killed in Southwest Detroit in the early morning hours of a Friday in June 2012. He had been sleeping in a room above his Ford Crown Victoria and had placed traffic cones around it after a previous theft of rims. Just after 1 a.m., hearing someone trying to steal the car, Tompkins ran outside in his underwear to confront the person. He was shot in the head; the assailant then drove away in the stolen Crown Victoria, leaving bloody tire tracks behind.

Tompkins was taken to a nearby hospital and died of his injuries at about 3:30 a.m. Detroit Police homicide detectives canvassed the neighborhood and followed the bloody tire tracks until the trail ran cold, but investigators had no immediate leads. His girlfriend, Sharon Wilson, mourned his loss and noted his attachment to the car that prompted him to confront the thief.

If anyone in Southwest Detroit that night remembers seeing a Crown Victoria leaving the area or anything else unusual, please share what was seen or heard.