Juvar King, 46, was found dead on March 17, 2025, on the rear porch of an abandoned house near Chapman Avenue and Terrace Road in East Cleveland. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head. King, a father and business owner from Warren, had been missing since February 4, 2025, when he did not pick up his children from school; his family had offered a $10,000 reward during the search.

The day after King’s disappearance, his mother’s 2007 Buick LaCrosse was set on fire on the 9300 block of Sherwood Road in Cleveland; the car had last been tracked near Hayden and Shaw avenues in East Cleveland. Nathaniel Crockett, 28, was arrested February 20 on arson charges related to the burned vehicle and was released on bond May 2, 2025. Crockett faces arson charges but no one has been charged in King’s homicide.

Investigators are focusing on questions about the victim’s vehicle, including how Crockett obtained it and from whom. The East Cleveland Police Department is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction. Does anyone have information about King’s movements in early February or about the Buick’s whereabouts that week?