Markell DeShun Noah, a 12-year-old Black boy, was found dead in an abandoned home on Audubon Place in Jackson on November 25, 2022, only hours after his family reported him missing. Initial reports said he died while playing a game of Russian Roulette with two other youths, but later court filings described a struggle over a gun in which one teenager allegedly pointed the weapon at Markell and fired.

Police say those present did not call for help and instead attempted to conceal the crime: the scene was reportedly cleaned, the blood-stained carpet removed and discarded in a dumpster, and Markell’s body moved and left over a fence several houses away. The investigation produced arrests of two juveniles — 17-year-old Eshawn Green and 14-year-old Cayden Naylor — on murder charges, and 21-year-old Kaylan Owens on accessory after the fact. A Hinds County grand jury later indicted Green and Naylor for murder and tampering with evidence and indicted Owens as an accessory after the fact; bonds were set at $2 million for the 17-year-old, $1 million for the 14-year-old, and Owens was denied bond.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember seeing these youths or activity at the abandoned home on Audubon Place the night Markell disappeared?