Marvin Parker, 63, was found dead on the morning of February 4, 2023, inside his silver GMC truck parked on South Greer Street in Memphis. First responders determined he had been beaten and shot in the face and pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives tied the killing to a home renovation Parker was doing in the Hyde Park area. Parker’s girlfriend said she was on the phone with him the night before and heard a heated argument and sounds of a physical struggle before the call ended. Investigators found bloodstains at the Staten Street worksite and, in a vacant neighboring property, bloody clothing including a camouflage jacket marked Wurth and a hammer. Surveillance from a nearby store showed a man wearing a similar jacket exiting Parker’s truck the morning of the murder; that man was identified as 36-year-old Derek Rawlings, who had been assisting with the renovation.

No motive has been confirmed publicly beyond family members’ speculation about a dispute over money. If anyone knew Parker, his whereabouts in early February 2023, or has information about the renovation job or the jacket marked Wurth, please share what is known.