Damari Anthony Ali, 21, of Lehigh Acres was last seen on May 3, 2023, near Barnum Avenue South. Deputies from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office found his body off Dominion Avenue South near Bell Boulevard on May 9, 2023, and identified him through dental records and rapid DNA testing.

Investigators say Ali had been meeting two people, 20-year-old Cameron Williams and 18-year-old Dayrian Howard, for a drug deal on the evening of May 3. Sheriff Carmine Marceno reported that Williams and Howard allegedly shot Ali when he arrived in his car, dragged his body into brush, then drove his car about eight blocks away and abandoned it; the vehicle was located by deputies on the morning of May 4 and prompted a missing person report from Ali’s family.

Williams and Howard were arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriff’s Office or Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Does anyone who knew Damari or was in Lehigh Acres that week have information to share?