Craig S. Dydell, 28, was found fatally wounded in a Kansas City residential neighborhood on the evening of August 10, 2016. Officers responding to a reported shooting in the 4000 block of Olive Street arrived shortly before 7:00 p.m. and discovered Dydell lying in a grassy area near the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was recorded as the city’s 65th homicide of 2016.

Dydell was a father to a one-year-old daughter and had a twin brother. He grew up in Kansas City, attended Van Horn High School before transferring to Central High School (class of 2006), studied art at Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley, and was pursuing music as an aspiring rapper with the local group Bad Habits. Family members knew him by nicknames including Nu Nu and Noodles.

By the end of 2016 the investigation had produced few leads and remained unsolved with no arrests. His mother, Jessica Dydell, publicly urged anyone who witnessed the events on Olive Street to come forward. If anyone saw or remembers details from that evening that could help, please share what you know.