On August 24, 2008, 25-year-old Dhanika McDaniel was found shot to death in her Sanders Road apartment in North Buffalo alongside her boyfriend, Loren Hinkle. Both victims suffered a single gunshot wound; police described the double killing as a targeted, execution-style slaying with no signs of a break-in, which led investigators to conclude the victims likely knew their killer or killers.

McDaniel’s four-year-old son was believed to have been in the home and may have witnessed the murders. The Buffalo Police publicly said the killings were not random and that one of the victims was known to law enforcement. Investigators explored a possible drug-related motive and mentioned a connection to the Central Park Gang amid wider anti-drug efforts, but no direct suspect was ever publicly linked to these murders.

The case remains unsolved and open with the Buffalo Police Department. Did anyone in North Buffalo at the time have information about activity on Sanders Road or links to the Central Park Gang that could help this investigation?