Eighteen-year-old Alex Tillman was found dead near the FEC railway tracks in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood on November 4, 2008. Two days earlier he finished a late shift at a nearby Taco Bell and told his best friend he planned to meet a girl he had recently met; it is unclear whether that meeting occurred. Security footage shows Alex leaving his apartment early that morning in designer clothes. He had intended to meet his mother to visit a family grave but instead detoured to an unknown friend’s house.

Alex’s body was charred and police suspected foul play. His cell phone and wallet were missing, and a woman identified as Crystal repeatedly called his workplace claiming Alex had been murdered; her identity and the circumstances of his death remain unresolved. Investigators have cited limited witness cooperation as an obstacle. Alex’s family continues to seek answers and justice for his untimely death.

If anyone knew Alex, saw him on November 2, 2008, or has information about Crystal or the detour to the friend’s house, please come forward.