Fifteen-year-old DeAsia Green was reported missing on January 5, 2023 after she failed to return home and was communicating only by text, refusing to disclose her whereabouts. On January 9, 2023 her body was found in an alley near the 1300 block of Page Street in north Toledo, Ohio. She was a freshman at Start High School and a member of Young Men and Women For Change.

A 15-year-old male was arrested on January 13, 2023 and charged with murder and felonious assault, both with gun specifications. He was arraigned at the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center and his attorney denied the charges. Family members said DeAsia and the suspect had been acquainted and spent time together after she left home; the motive for the shooting was not reported. DeAsia’s mother, Teairia Hill, described her daughter as a social butterfly and spoke about the family’s loss. Her father, DeAndre Green, had also been shot and killed in 2010; that earlier killing remains unsolved.

If anyone knew DeAsia’s movements in early January 2023 or has information about either shooting, please share what is known.