Dadren Lewis was 24 when he was shot and killed in a Cleveland parking lot on December 23, 1997. The shooting occurred during an altercation with Robert Rembert, then a 27-year-old city bus driver. Rembert was charged with manslaughter in that case, convicted in 1998, and served six years in jail before his 2004 release.

Later investigative work connected Rembert to additional killings and prompted new charges many years after Lewis’s death. Lewis’s family and the community have had to live with the long aftermath of this violence, and the case illustrates how one loss can be tied into broader criminal investigations that unfold over decades.

If anyone knew Dadren Lewis, was present that night, or has information that could clarify what happened in the parking lot, please come forward.