Reuben Emanuel Rosado was 15 when he was found dead in a wooded area of Henry Johnson Park in Trainer, Pennsylvania, on the evening of March 16, 2022. The cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the back of the head.

Investigators say cell phone data placed Reuben and 18-year-old Mark Laird of Boothwyn together in the park at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors presented a confession Laird reportedly made to an acquaintance, alleging he lured Reuben into the woods with the promise of a hidden gun, directed him to retrieve it, and then shot him in the back of the head. Authorities say the alleged motive was Laird’s fear that Reuben had informed police about their involvement in carrying guns and stealing cars.

Laird was arrested April 19, 2022, charged with criminal homicide and related firearms offenses, and convicted at trial of first-degree murder. The family’s grief was made clear in a letter read at sentencing that described Reuben as having been lured and executed.

Did anyone in Trainer or Boothwyn know Reuben’s routines or where he spent time that evening?