Troy Duane Jones, 49, known as Punch to his family and friends, was found shot and dead on February 19, 2022, in Pontiac, Michigan. His body was in the driver’s seat of a car that had crashed into a fence and snowbank in a party store parking lot on Franklin Road; the engine was running and his foot remained on the accelerator. A girlfriend was in the car and suffered a gunshot wound to her hand.

Investigators identified an acquaintance, Julius Darnell Standifer Sr., and he was located and arrested the next day by an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy. Standifer, 52 at arrest, faced charges including first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder, and two counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony; records show prior convictions for assaulting a police officer, drug offenses, and driving under the influence. Standifer later entered a plea agreement that resulted in a second-degree homicide charge and a prison sentence of 23 to 60 years handed down in February 2024.

Did anyone in Pontiac know Jones as Punch or see him on February 19, 2022?