Glenn Brown was 30 when he was murdered in Detroit on New Year’s Day, 2011. Reports say the circumstances of his death remain largely a mystery and his case quickly grew cold amid a period of high violence in the city.

The initial investigation faced significant hurdles: a lack of critical physical evidence and a reluctance of potential witnesses to come forward. Investigators encountered a wall of silence that stalled leads, and without witness cooperation or substantial forensic clues the trail dissipated.

The case is now listed with the Detroit Police Department’s Cold Case Unit. Family members are left without answers as resources and staffing shortages, along with a heavy caseload of unsolved homicides from that era, have hampered progress. If anyone has information about Glenn Brown’s death or remembers anything from that time, please share what you know with investigators.