Joshua Dewayne Davis was 25 when his body was found in a pavilion at Wilson Morgan Park in Decatur, Alabama, on the morning of May 16, 2015. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head. At the time he worked as a detailer at a car wash and was a father to a young daughter; his family said he had been sitting in the park talking on his cell phone and had no money on him.

Investigators tied Davis’s killing to a violent multi-day crime spree from May 13 to May 15, 2015, that included armed robberies and the murder of Anselmo Antonio Hernandez-Lopez. Four Decatur men were identified: Joseph Christopher Cowan, his 16-year-old brother Cedric Lamont Cowan, Amani Juan Goodwin, and Cortez Ocie Mitchell. The group was traced in part after a stolen iPhone from a separate robbery produced a photo taken at Decatur High School.

All four were arrested and charged in connection with the spree. Court outcomes included guilty pleas and jury convictions on counts of murder and robbery, with sentences that will keep the defendants in prison for life. Anyone who knew Joshua or has information about what happened that weekend is asked to come forward.