Devon A. Hoover was a 53-year-old neurosurgeon found dead in his Boston-Edison home in Detroit on April 23, 2023, after family requested a welfare check when he failed to reach Indiana to see his ailing mother. Officers discovered him in an attic crawl space, wrapped in a blood-soaked carpet and wearing only socks. An autopsy determined he had been shot twice in the back of the head and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators identified a close relationship between Hoover and a man named Desmond Burks through roughly 4,000 text messages recovered from Hoover’s phone; some messages suggested Burks occasionally charged Hoover for sexual services. Fraudulent charges and the disappearance of Hoover’s wallet, credit cards, and two expensive watches were reported after the killing. Surveillance allegedly showed a man believed to be Burks parking Hoover’s Range Rover, which later contained blood, and a fingerprint was reportedly recovered in the vehicle. Searches tied to Burks led to recovery of one of the watches Hoover had bought the day before his death.

Burks was arrested in August 2024 and charged with first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder, major larceny, computer-related crimes, and multiple firearm offenses.

Does anyone have information about Hoover’s movements in Detroit in April 2023 or about the Range Rover’s whereabouts that day?