Derek Wade Peterson II was 18 when he was found fatally shot in the head inside a vehicle at 6th Street and Broadway Avenue in Muskegon Heights, Michigan on June 5, 2019. Authorities ruled his death a homicide and described the shooting as not random, saying the victim and at least one suspect were acquainted.

Within days police arrested 30-year-old Rodney Amos Neal and charged him with open murder. Another suspect, 25-year-old Darese Dukur Sanders, was later charged but fled the state; a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued when investigators believed he may have gone to Georgia. Sanders was eventually apprehended and returned to Michigan, his open murder charge was dismissed, and he pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder and felony-firearm.

A jury convicted Neal of second-degree murder, with reporters saying the motive was a dispute over a cell phone; Neal received a prison sentence of 65 to 100 years and Sanders was also sentenced after his plea. Did anyone in Muskegon Heights know Derek or see him around June 5, 2019?