Suelynn Burns, 54, was shot and killed in her Flint, Michigan apartment on January 7, 2015. A 911 call around 3:30 p.m. brought officers to the Atherton East Apartments off Dort Highway, where officers found Burns and her son, Vanthony Burns, dead from gunfire. Initial reporting described the community shaken and investigators working an open-ended homicide inquiry with no one publicly identified at first.

Two days later, Flint police announced an arrest: Demechieo Pea. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of first-degree murder and additional counts including armed robbery, felon in possession, and felony firearm, indicating authorities linked the killings to alleged theft. Public corrections listings later show Demechieo Lenelle Pea held in the Michigan Department of Corrections with release and discharge dates decades away.

If anyone knew Suelynn or Vanthony Burns, or has information about the events at Atherton East Apartments that afternoon, please share what you know.