Fifteen-year-old Xavier Stern of Philadelphia was found dead on December 11, 2015, in the back seat of a 1998 Lincoln Town Car parked on North Park Avenue in North Philadelphia. Officers who responded around 7:20 p.m. discovered he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest; medics pronounced him dead at the scene shortly afterward. Stern, who lived in Upper Darby, had been reported missing the day before by his family, who last saw him at home on November 22.

The community remembered Stern as a bright, humble young man who played football for the Overbrook Monarchs. Investigators reported an absence of ballistic evidence and no weapon was recovered at the scene, which complicated the inquiry. If anyone has information about Xavier’s disappearance or death, please come forward to assist the investigation.