On April 6, 2025, a burned-out SUV was found in an alley near 30th and Milford streets on Detroit’s west side. The remains of three people were inside: 23-year-old Kourtney Davis, her 44-year-old mother Sandra Davis, and 9-year-old Ayva Sutton. The bodies were burned beyond recognition, but investigators say Kourtney and Sandra had been shot and Ayva had been stabbed before the vehicle was set on fire.

Family members discovered the loss after returning from vacation; Elauntra Sutton had left Ayva and a 4-year-old boy in the care of her mother and sister and recognized the burned vehicle in a news report. A 4-year-old boy from the household was later found home alone. Investigators identified 29-year-old River Rouge resident Edward Redding, described as Kourtney Davis’s ex-boyfriend, as a person of interest after license-plate-reader footage linked his vehicle to the scene. Police say Redding fled during a traffic stop the day the bodies were found and was arrested; a firearm was recovered in his car.

Redding was charged federally with being a felon in possession of a firearm and faced state charges for fleeing and eluding and resisting and obstructing. Federal prosecutors later described him as the likely killer in a sentencing memorandum, but as of February 2026 no state murder charges had been filed and the homicide investigation remained open.

Did anyone in the Detroit area know Kourtney, Sandra, or Ayva or see anything around 30th and Milford on April 6, 2025?