On the morning of July 2, 2017, 25-year-old motel clerk Pratikkumar Jagani was found behind the front desk of the Days Inn on the Berlin Turnpike in Berlin, Connecticut with a fatal gunshot wound. Police had been called about suspicious activity around 2:30 a.m.; an autopsy later ruled Jagani’s death a homicide by gunshot.

Investigators identified Rahheem K. McDonald of Waterbury as a suspect. McDonald had been staying at the motel and told investigators he was under the influence of PCP and paranoid, believing people were trying to kill him. Surveillance video shows McDonald in the lobby in his boxer shorts, interacting with two boys, ages 13 and 2, who came to get milk, then speaking briefly with Jagani before returning and shooting the clerk. McDonald fled but was caught soon after in North Haven following a car crash that injured two people; he was charged with murder, criminal possession of a firearm, and other offenses, and held on $2 million bond.

Are there details about Jagani’s life or schedule that anyone in the area can add to help clarify his movements that night?