Dejuan Mcclendon was killed on Whittier Avenue in Detroit; his death is an unsolved homicide that has left his family grieving and searching for answers. The precise circumstances of the killing are not described, and investigators say eyewitnesses have been reluctant to come forward. That reluctance, attributed in part to fear of retaliation, is cited as a major obstacle that has stalled the inquiry.

The Detroit Cold Case Unit has handled the investigation, which has since gone cold with no arrests or identified suspects reported. For the family, time has not eased the pain of losing Dejuan, and the case remains an open, unresolved question in the city’s records.

If anyone knew Dejuan, was in the neighborhood that day, or has information that could break the silence, please come forward.