Jean Armand J Dott was 26 when he was fatally shot in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 2008. Also known by his stage name J-Dott Com and to family as Jean Nerette, he was born in Haiti on June 24, 1981, moved to Long Island in the late 1980s, and became an active presence in Allentown’s hip-hop community.

He was found in a parking lot near his Union Street residence with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene about an hour after first responders arrived. The motive for the shooting has not been established.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported, and the case is listed with the Allentown Police Department Homicide Unit as a cold case. If anyone knew Jean, saw activity around Union Street on April 21, 2008, or has information that could help, please come forward.