Darrel Vilifana, a 22-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 30, 2002, outside the former Fundonzinho Lounge on Dudley Street in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. The shooting ended a young life and became the focus of a prolonged investigation.

Boston police identified a suspect, Anthony Parrish, who was arrested and charged with Vilifana’s murder. The case went to trial, and in 2004 a jury acquitted Parrish. Parrish was shot and killed in Providence, Rhode Island, in December 2008.

Despite an arrest and a trial, the question of who was responsible for Darrel Vilifana’s death remains legally unresolved.