Joslyn Morgan was a 43-year-old Black real estate investor and mentor in Philadelphia who was killed after a dispute over work. On the afternoon of January 21, 2020, firefighters responding to a smoking Jeep Wrangler on the 2700 block of South 3rd Street found Morgan’s body wrapped in a blanket in the vehicle. An autopsy ruled his cause of death a close-range gunshot wound to the head; he had also been stabbed in the neck.

Investigators say the killing arose from a falling out with a contractor, Luis Cruz, whom Morgan had hired for roofing work and then refused to pay because he was unhappy with the job. Detectives used witness statements, cellphone records, and video to identify Cruz, executed search warrants at his home and garage, and arrested him on January 25, 2020. Prosecutors charged Cruz with murder, arson, abuse of a corpse, obstruction of justice, and weapons offenses; court filings show he later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, arson, and related counts.

Did anyone in the Philadelphia community remember Joslyn’s work or have information about the dispute with the contractor?