On June 8, 2011, a Chevrolet Malibu with Ohio plates was found on Detroit’s northeast side in the 17000 block of Orleans Street and later near Six Mile Road and I-75. Inside were three people shot to death; victims suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the head described by police as execution-style. Among those killed was 26-year-old Donnell Lewis, a Black male from Akron, Ohio, who was found alongside 22-year-old Shaynese Sykes and 21-year-old Zipporah Alford.

Residents reported hearing no gunshots before the car was discovered, and the vehicle was towed with the victims still inside before they were formally identified. Investigators from the Detroit Police Department opened the case and the Akron Police Department said Lewis was known to them. The triple homicide remains listed in Michigan unsolved crime databases with no public arrests or charges.

If anyone knew Donnell, Shaynese, or Zipporah, or has information about the car or that neighborhood on June 8, 2011, please come forward.