On April 30, 2013, 22-year-old Raymond Isaiah Seawright, a Black man and father of three, was found dead in the hallway of a boarding house on Chestnut Avenue in Newport News, Virginia. He had been visiting the residence with a friend when his life was taken by violence. Newport News police interviewed multiple witnesses at the scene, but the investigation eventually went cold and no arrests have been made.

The loss reopened old wounds for the family: Raymond’s brother, Ryan Seawright, had been killed in Newport News in 2008. Their mother, Kerry Seawright, has described the profound pain of losing two sons to violence and has asked the public for help in finding answers. Few concrete details about what happened in that hallway have been released.

If anyone has information about Raymond’s death or remembers seeing him in Newport News around April 30, 2013, please come forward.