Shaun Dorsey was a 16-year-old Black teenager last seen on Thursday, September 15, 2022, when his mother dropped him at a friend’s house in the Parklawn neighborhood near 47th and Marion and planned to pick him up at 8 p.m. He didn’t answer his phone that evening, and after three days of searching his mother reported him missing on Saturday, September 17.

Four days after he was last seen, on September 19, Dorsey’s body was found in the basement of a vacant house on North 38th Street near Center and Hadley. He had been fatally shot. Authorities noted there was talk among his friends and associates over the weekend suggesting someone believed he was in a house, which may mean others had knowledge of his whereabouts before the body was discovered.

As of October 2025 no arrests have been announced and police are seeking unknown suspects; a local attorney has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Shaun would have turned 17 three days after his body was found. If anyone knew Shaun, his movements that weekend, or has information about the vacant house on North 38th Street, please come forward.