Diamond Webb, 31, and his longtime friend Westley Thaddeus Thadd Barksdale were found murdered and concealed in separate containers in a Milwaukee alley on June 4, 2016. Webb’s body was discovered inside a garbage cart in the 4100 block of North 21st Street; Barksdale’s body was found in the trunk of a rental car abandoned nearby. Both men had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.

The two had been close since childhood and were described by family as inseparable; both were fathers whose deaths devastated relatives. Police did not publicly identify a suspect, announce a motive, or say where the shootings occurred. Webb’s sister Velvet said the family had been told he was shot inside a vehicle before his body was moved to the garbage cart, but investigators had not confirmed that sequence.

By the third anniversary in June 2019 no arrest had been announced and the case remained unsolved. If anyone knew Diamond Webb or Thadd Barksdale, or has information about what happened on June 4, 2016, please contact Milwaukee police.