Catherine J. Franklin, a 37-year-old Black woman, was killed on December 1, 2014, in Detroit’s Rosedale Park neighborhood during a dispute over a property her family had recently acquired at a tax auction. She and her 72-year-old father, Howard Franklin, went to the house intending to evict the occupants, who were removing fixtures. An altercation escalated into a gunfight that left both Catherine and her father dead.

A 22-year-old, Alonzo D. Long Jr., was arrested after the shootings and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, discharge in a building, and felony firearm. The case later went to trial and that defendant was acquitted of the charges.

Are there details about the transfer of the property, the occupants involved, or witnesses at the scene that anyone can share?