Latywen ’Slick’ Guanchez Caster, 43, was found dead inside a closet of his trailer off Highway 43 in Mount Vernon, Alabama, on January 8, 2019. His mother discovered the body and deputies from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office determined his death was a homicide. The cause of death was listed as strangulation combined with a gunshot wound to the head.

Caster, described by friends and family as short in stature but big in heart, was a well-known figure in the Movico and Mt. Vernon communities and an avid sports fan. Deputies focused suspicion on his 42-year-old roommate, Damon O’Neil Jenkins, after Jenkins returned to the scene and presented himself as a concerned citizen; he was questioned, arrested and booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail. No motive has been released as the investigation continues.

If anyone knew Latywen, lived near Highway 43, or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.