On May 1, 2017, neighbors in a Littleton subdivision found a white Ford Explorer parked on West Maplewood Drive with an unresponsive man inside. The victim was identified as 26-year-old Samuel Addison Stewart, known as Addison. He had been shot to death.

Investigators concluded Stewart had been lured about half a mile away to a house under the pretense of buying illegal prescription drugs; the meeting was actually a setup to settle debts. Two men waited in the garage, the door closed after Stewart entered, and minutes later his body was dragged out and placed into his own vehicle. The Explorer was then driven to the nearby street where it was discovered.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office named 27-year-old Jodan Lamarinel (also reported as Jordan Lemarinel) and 55-year-old Kenneth Crise as the primary suspects; Lamarinel was arrested on May 5, 2017, on a first-degree murder charge while Crise was at large for a short time afterward. Both men faced trial on multiple charges related to Stewart’s killing.

Did anyone in the Littleton area know Samuel Addison Stewart or recall seeing that Explorer on May 1, 2017?