Dequan Javon Fields, 27, was reported missing on January 12, 2023, after family members lost contact and asked police to check on him. Officers soon found his 2004 gold Dodge Durango abandoned at the Deal Island Wildlife Nature Preserve in Somerset County; the vehicle was stained with blood, an early sign that foul play was involved.

Investigation showed Fields and a man known to him, William John Pruitt, were in contact shortly before Fields disappeared. Cell phone analysis placed their phones traveling together from Princess Anne to Marion Station. Months of searching around the area where the Durango was found continued while investigators developed leads.

In a later interview, Pruitt made statements that led authorities to the location of Fields’ remains, and a grand jury later returned an indictment charging Pruitt with murder and other offenses. If anyone has information about Fields, his movements in early January 2023, or the areas between Princess Anne and Marion Station, please share what is known with investigators.