Lorenzo Smith was a 21-year-old Black man from Atlanta who died on January 20, 2013. A death notice published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution confirms his name, age, city, and date of death and places the event in southwest Atlanta, but offers no further detail about how he died or where he was found.

There is no accessible local news story laying out circumstances of the killing, investigators’ theories, or a timeline of what happened in the hours before his death. The surviving public footprint consists largely of that brief obituary notice and little else.

Lorenzo Smith’s death is recorded but remains publicly thin: name, city, age, and date, with key questions about circumstances and investigation unanswered. If anyone knew Lorenzo, was with him, or has information about his death, please share what can help clarify what happened.