On the morning of February 26, 2022, police in Las Vegas responded to a call about an unresponsive man at an apartment on the 5000 block of Madre Mesa Drive. Inside they found 42-year-old Michael Fryar of La Habra, California, with a gunshot wound; medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Clark County coroner later ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the back.

Investigators identified a suspect, 46-year-old Larry Underwood, the brother of Fryar’s girlfriend. Fryar and his girlfriend had been visiting Underwood in Las Vegas with plans to take him back to California. The night before the shooting, Fryar and Underwood stayed at the apartment while the girlfriend was out. Police reports say the two men had been smoking PCP, referred to as sherm, that Fryar allegedly brought from California. Underwood told officers he found Fryar unresponsive after sleeping, initially said someone had hurt Michael, then requested an attorney; he was arrested and charged with open murder and held without bail.

Are there readers who knew Michael, his movements in Las Vegas that week, or who saw him at that apartment?