On Christmas Day 2021 a Detroit family discovered the bodies of 57-year-old Elaine Fizer and her 13-year-old daughter, Daunya Fields, fatally shot inside their home on Prevost Street. Family members, including Fizer’s daughter Margaret Shively, became concerned when they could not reach them; after Shively and her husband looked through a window and saw a body, they forced their way inside and found the victims.

Elaine had adopted Daunya, who was developmentally disabled and used a wheelchair because of abuse suffered as an infant. Friends and family described Elaine as a devoted mother who cared for her daughter. Police identified Elaine’s 62-year-old husband, Dwayne McDonald, who lived in the home but was not Daunya’s father, as a person of interest and said he had disappeared; he was believed to be driving a gray Buick Lucerne.

Acting on a tip, officers later located McDonald in an Owen Street apartment. When they executed a search warrant he fired at them and officers returned fire, killing him at the scene. Family members said they felt relief that he could no longer harm anyone. Does anyone have information about Elaine or Daunya’s life in the neighborhood or the days leading up to December 25, 2021?