On the morning of Sunday, September 21, 2025, 29-year-old Akwalabeng Fontava was found inside an apartment in the 5900 block of Montrose Road in North Bethesda, Maryland, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends and family called him Asong and described him as kindhearted and faith-driven.

Detectives say two other people were in the apartment when the shooting occurred; a man and a woman were forced into a vehicle and taken. The male kidnap victim was later released in Silver Spring unharmed. The female victim was recovered at Westfield Montgomery Mall in the company of one of the suspects.

Authorities arrested 37-year-old Sheldon Milan Boykins of Hyattsville at the mall and charged him with two counts of kidnapping and firearms-related offenses. Investigators later identified 18-year-old Joshua Carter and 25-year-old Justin Michael Greene Collins of Silver Spring; warrants were issued charging them with first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and two counts of armed robbery. Carter was arrested in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on October 8, 2025, and is awaiting extradition; Collins remained at large and a reward was being offered for information leading to his arrest.

Did anyone in the area know Fontava, the victims, or have information about where Justin Michael Greene Collins might be found?