Alijah Donte Rogers was 21 when he died in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 9, 2016. Firefighters called to a car fire in the western part of the city found a charred human body beside the vehicle; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later identified the victim as Rogers. Investigators determined Rogers had been shot before his body was set on fire, and the death has been treated as a homicide.

In the days and weeks after the discovery, detectives worked to establish a motive and identify suspects, but no arrest or public identification of a suspect has been reported. The violence of the killing and the disposal of the body by fire left the community and Rogers’ family with unanswered questions.

If anyone knew Alijah or has information about his final hours, please come forward to help bring answers to his loved ones.