On April 18, 2015, 39-year-old Lawrence Howard Jr. was found in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Chase Run apartment complex in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. His death was investigated as a homicide.

Investigators identified a suspect connected to the family: 52-year-old Mary Bigford, the grandmother of Howard’s daughter. Authorities arrested Bigford and charged her with open murder. Court testimony in the ensuing proceedings described a bitter custody dispute over the granddaughter shared by Howard and Bigford, and prosecutors alleged the killing was premeditated. Witnesses testified that Bigford planned the attack on her granddaughter’s father.

A jury heard the evidence and returned a guilty verdict for first-degree murder. Bigford was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Does anyone have information about Lawrence’s life in Mount Pleasant or recall events around April 18, 2015?