Ivory Pops Hawkins, 63, vanished from Las Vegas on April 10, 2015, the same night police responded to his residence after reports of gunfire and found 28-year-old Derek Cooper Jr. shot to death. Detectives announced they wanted to locate Hawkins for questioning about that night, and his name was widely reported as someone police urgently hoped to interview.

On May 22, a decomposing body found south of Summit, Utah, along the I-15 corridor was later identified by the Utah State Medical Examiner as Hawkins. A femur from the remains was sent to Las Vegas to assist investigators. Court records and reporting link ensuing police probes to people tied to the April 10 shooting; in late April authorities arrested Jacktorian Harvey on drug-trafficking charges, and affidavits cited witness statements alleging Harvey shot Cooper. Detectives examined possible connections between Hawkins’ death, the April crime scene, and persons in custody, but no arrest specifically for Hawkins’ killing was announced in the months after his body was identified.

Who knew Ivory Hawkins or has information about his movements between Las Vegas on April 10 and the location south of Summit, Utah?