On the afternoon of March 6, 2017, 19-year-old Deontre Rhodes was found lying face-down on a sidewalk near West 32nd Street and John Barrow Road in Little Rock, Arkansas, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. The case went cold for years as his family, especially his mother, sought answers and justice.

On January 4, 2023, Little Rock police arrested 33-year-old Rodney Franklin and charged him with first-degree murder in connection with Rhodes’s death. Franklin pleaded not guilty, and a court date was set for March 6, 2023, the sixth anniversary of the killing. The arrest brought renewed hope to Rhodes’s family after a long period without developments.

If anyone knew Deontre, was in that neighborhood on March 6, 2017, or has information about what happened, please share what is known.