On Christmas Eve 2018, 19-year-old Frans Younan was found unresponsive on a sidewalk in the 15800 block of Wisconsin on Detroit’s west side with a fatal gunshot wound to the abdomen and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Wayne County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators concluded Younan was the victim of a jugging scheme in which someone lured him via a dating app to a specific location with the intent to rob him. The probe identified two suspects: 21-year-old Samaria Dorsey of Ferndale and 26-year-old Devaun Barr of Detroit.

In May 2019 Dorsey pleaded guilty to armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery; more serious charges including felony murder were dismissed as part of her plea, and she received a 9 to 15 year sentence. At trial, Barr was acquitted of first-degree felony murder but convicted of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery and was sentenced to 22 to 40 years.

Did anyone in Detroit’s west side community recognize Younan or see activity on Wisconsin Avenue that Christmas Eve?