Demario Jovohyn Sanders was 23 when he died from a stab wound to his torso after a dispute at the Shady Dale Mobile Home Park in Pell City, Alabama, on the evening of April 19, 2019. Born in Detroit on November 8, 1995, he attended Pell City High and Lincoln High Schools. Family remembered him as protective, caring, and quick to say I love you and Be safe; he liked music and had a playful, silly side.

After the attack just before 7 p.m., Sanders was driven by private vehicle to St. Vincent’s Hospital St. Clair County and then transferred to UAB Hospital’s Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. Pell City police secured the 100 block of Shady Dale, interviewed multiple witnesses, and tracked a suspect to Talladega. Investigators say Sanders and the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Terry Neal Caldwell of Pell City, were acquainted and that the attack was not random. Caldwell was charged with murder and held on $150,000 bond.

If anyone knew Demario, was at Shady Dale that evening, or has information about what led to the dispute, please come forward with what you know.