Nancy Harrison, 52, was found dead on March 19, 2019, in a vacant house on Coventry Street on Detroit’s east side. The death was initially investigated as a possible overdose, but the medical examiner ruled that she died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Harrison’s killing later emerged as part of a pattern: several women in their 50s were found dead in vacant houses across the same area. Investigators identified Deangelo Martin as the suspect; he was arrested in June 2019 and charged in the deaths. Evidence in Nancy Harrison’s case included DNA and testimony from Martin’s ex-girlfriend, and the medical finding that she was struck with a two-by-four.

Deangelo Martin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Harrison’s death and the deaths of three other women and received a 45 to 70 year sentence. Harrison’s family addressed the court at sentencing, expressing deep pain and anger.

Did anyone on Coventry Street or the east side remember Nancy or notice anyone suspicious around the vacant houses in March 2019?