Lonnie Whittle, 52, a White man, was found dead the morning of August 9, 2017, near Broadway Boulevard and Mountain Road in Albuquerque. Police treated the discovery as a homicide and subsequent reporting said he had been fatally stabbed. Officers identified the scene in the 1300 block of Broadway and asked the public for help locating people who knew him, hoping personal connections might explain what led to his killing.

Authorities publicly noted similarities between Whittle’s stabbing and two other killings of men that year—each victim found outdoors and in comparable positions—and described the victims, including Whittle, as homeless. Detectives declined to detail the precise staging they were observing. Did anyone who knew Lonnie or saw activity around Broadway and Mountain Road that morning come forward with information?