Isaias Gonzalez was a 28-year-old Hispanic/Latino man from Memphis, Tennessee, who died on September 21, 2014. Public notices of his passing were limited to service arrangements handled through Signature Funeral Home by Premier on Knight Arnold Road, with Signature Funeral Services named as provider.

Those notices give his name, age, the date he died, and where his funeral was arranged but do not describe how he died, name a location beyond the city, or indicate whether his death was sudden, expected, accidental, or the result of violence.

They also contain no mention of any investigation, case number, police statement, appeal for witnesses, suspect, arrest, charge, court proceeding, trial, or conviction related to his death.