A winter 2022 murder left three people dead inside a Detroit home on Evergreen Road. On February 18, after days of silence, a cousin checked on 32-year-old Aaron Benson and found the back door kicked in. Inside were Benson, his girlfriend 28-year-old Lashon Marshall, and her son 5-year-old Caleb Harris — all shot multiple times in what was described as an execution-style killing.

Family remembered Lashon as a devoted mother who had worked to build a better life for her child; Caleb was weeks from his sixth birthday and described as a happy boy who loved to travel with his parents. The Detroit Police Department investigation produced two teenage suspects. One 17-year-old was released for lack of evidence; the other, 16-year-old Malcolm Ray Hardy, was charged as an adult with multiple counts related to the killings.

Court testimony outlined a motive tied to a drug delivery that turned violent, with testimony saying Benson was shot first, Lashon was shot and then fatally shot in the head, and the 5-year-old was shot because the shooter feared the child could identify him. Did anyone in the community know the victims well enough to help fill gaps in the timeline or the events that led up to that February day?