On the evening of May 12, 2014, 49-year-old Leroy Branch was found dead inside his second-floor bedroom on Florence Avenue in Kingsessing. His landlord discovered the body and flagged down a passing police officer just after 9:40 p.m. The officer found Branch lying face-up on the bed with gunshot wounds to the head and stomach; paramedics pronounced him dead at 10:04 p.m. The motive for the shooting remained unknown.

Police arrested 28-year-old Marquise Marshall of East Falls in early July 2014 and charged him with murder and multiple weapons offenses in connection with Branch’s death. Court records noted both Branch and Marshall had lengthy criminal histories: Branch faced past convictions for robbery, aggravated assault, and numerous drug and gun offenses and had been acquitted of a 1998 murder charge in 2005 when witnesses did not appear. Marshall’s record included a 2007 robbery conviction, previous murder and attempted murder charges of which juries had found him not guilty on at least two occasions.

Does anyone have information about Branch’s last known contacts or movements before May 12, 2014?