In spring 2011 a burning minivan on Bentler Street in Detroit yielded a grim discovery: the body of 22-year-old Brandon Buck. Investigators determined Buck, an African-American, had been shot before the vehicle was set ablaze, and the fire was believed to have been used to conceal the crime.

Witness statements and other circumstantial evidence described a coordinated, premeditated plot that culminated in the fatal shooting and the attempt to destroy evidence by arson. Three people identified as Warner, Cummings, and Sampson were implicated and charged with first-degree premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with Buck’s death.

Few public details are available about motive or the timeline leading up to the killing. Does anyone have information about Brandon’s life in Detroit or about the Bentler Street area in 2011 that could help clarify what happened?