On January 4, 2012, fifty-six-year-old Black male Marlon Jones was found dead at a residence at 3364 Superior Street in Detroit, near Mack Avenue and St. Aubin Street. Local police processed the scene and the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office classified the death as a criminal homicide, but initial public logs did not specify the exact cause of death or the weapon involved.

Jones’s killing was recorded as Detroit’s seventh homicide of 2012, a year that saw a marked increase in the city’s murder totals compared with the prior year.

If anyone knew Marlon Jones or has information about what happened at the Superior Street residence, please share what you know with investigators.