Demetrius J. Griffin, 21, was found dead in a flooded basement of a vacant Ohio Street home on Detroit’s west side on November 3, 2014. Officers responded to a tip and located his body submerged in two to three feet of water and visible from a side basement window. The Detroit Police Underwater Recovery Team recovered the remains.

An autopsy by the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office found a fatal gunshot wound to the chest, and the death was ruled a homicide. Investigators noted a trail of blood leading to an area near the vacant house; neighbors said the body appeared to have been in the basement for some time and expressed concern about empty homes on the block drawing crime. No arrests have been announced in connection with Griffin’s killing.

If anyone has information about Griffin, the vacant Ohio Street house, or unusual activity on that block in late 2014, please share what is known.