Desean Jamael Plair, 30, was found shot inside a vehicle near Borden and Elmore streets in the South Cumminsville neighborhood of Cincinnati on January 6, 2018. He was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center but died shortly after arrival.

The Cincinnati Police Department Homicide Unit investigated the shooting. On January 12, 2018, 31-year-old Michael Zanders was arrested and booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center on a murder charge in connection with Plair’s death.

Plair was remembered by people who knew him as kind and determined; he had participated in the Phoenix Program at Cincinnati Works and was working to rebuild his life after a troubled past. Does anyone who knew Desean or who was in the South Cumminsville area that night have information that could help the case?