Brian MacDonald, 42, was found dead with obvious traumatic injuries in the early morning hours of January 21, 2022, in the 200 block of Nichols Boulevard in Colorado Springs. Detectives from the Violent Crimes Section investigated his death as a homicide, and the El Paso County Coroner’s Office completed an autopsy to determine the official cause and manner of death. His death was the fifth homicide investigation in Colorado Springs that year.

Investigators identified a suspect within a week. An arrest warrant for first-degree murder was obtained on January 28 for 21-year-old Demar Ravenell, who also had an outstanding murder warrant from South Carolina. A multi-agency effort resulted in Ravenell’s arrest at a Pueblo residence on February 7, 2022, and he was held in the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. It was not immediately clear what led to the alleged killing or whether Ravenell and MacDonald knew each other.

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