Nelson P. Pina, 34, was shot to death in his Brockton, Massachusetts home in the early morning hours of November 17, 2006. The attack began as an apparent robbery; Pina died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, including a chest wound from a .32 caliber firearm. Investigators say three men—Jaime Resende, Kenston Scott, and Vernon Newbury—planned the robbery. Scott and Resende forced entry, and Scott was wounded during the confrontation and fled, leaving a sweatshirt with his DNA and his parked car at the scene. Inside Pina’s home police found a large amount of cash, a small quantity of marijuana, and a ledger believed to record drug transactions.

Resende and Scott were convicted of first-degree murder in 2010 and sentenced to life without parole; Newbury testified for the prosecution after being granted immunity. Resende won a new trial in 2015 and was later acquitted of murder but remained imprisoned on convictions for armed home invasion and armed assault with intent to rob; his appeals were denied. In August 2023 Scott pleaded guilty to manslaughter, armed home invasion, and firearm charges and was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in state prison.

Did anyone in Brockton at the time witness activity around Pina’s home on November 17, 2006, or have information about the men involved?