Dashawn Smith was 20 when he was killed in the early hours of Sunday, November 8, 2015. He was a Black male from Des Moines, Iowa. The case file provides no specific time, location, or circumstances for the death, and no motive has been reported.

There is no public information about investigative steps taken by the Des Moines Police Department: it is not known whether anyone was questioned, named a person of interest, arrested, or charged in connection with Smith’s death. The case remains publicly unresolved and the events of that November morning are not detailed in accessible records.

If anyone knew Dashawn or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to share what you know.