In the early morning of July 26, 2010, 43-year-old Darwin-Lafayette Marshall was found with fatal stab wounds on Garland Street near West Fifth Avenue in Flint, Michigan. An Army veteran and father of two daughters, he sang at Ruth Street Church of God, the congregation his grandfather helped found. His mother remembered him as a wonderful person loved by many.

Marshall’s killing was later linked to a series of similar attacks across Genesee County carried out by a perpetrator dubbed the Flint Serial Slasher. The assailant reportedly approached victims asking for help before stabbing them; most of the victims were African American. An arrest in the spree was made on August 11, 2010, and charges in Marshall’s case were filed on October 21, 2010.

The Genesee County prosecutor’s office elected to focus on a single murder trial that resulted in a life without parole sentence, and no additional trials were pursued. Does anyone have memories of Marshall or information about his life and the night he was killed?