Annetta Nelson, 57, was found dead in a vacant house on Detroit’s east side in the winter of 2018. The medical examiner determined she died of blunt force trauma. Her killing was the first in a string of discoveries that included three other women—Nancy Harrison, Trevesene Ellis, and Tamara Jones—whose bodies were also recovered from abandoned homes in the same neighborhood, a pattern that alarmed the community and pointed investigators toward a possible serial offender.

Early in the inquiry a homeless man who discovered Nelson’s body was wrongly arrested after moving her to the sidewalk; CCTV later cleared him. Investigators continued the probe, and in June 2019 a man named Deangelo Martin was arrested on unrelated sexual assault charges. DNA testing later connected Martin to Nelson and the other three victims, and he was charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and criminal sexual conduct. In September 2022 Martin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 45 to 70 year sentence.

Does anyone have information about Nelson’s life, the vacant house where she was found, or how the community reacted at the time?