Donieal Roberto Sadler was killed in the early morning of Sunday, September 26, 2004. He was found about 2:33 a.m. in the 2900 block of Knox Place SE in Washington, D.C., having sustained a fatal gunshot wound; the death was ruled a homicide and the Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation.

Donieal was the son of Mittie Ree Small and is survived by his sister Monica Shacks, brother Michael Fair, and his daughter Mercedes, along with a wider circle of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified, leaving the case unsolved.

If anyone has information about Donieal’s killing or was in the Knox Place SE area that night, please come forward to help bring answers to his family.