On June 25, 2007, Kendrick Lamar Chapman, 34, was found dead on the floor of his workshop on Kessington Road in Calvin Township. A delivery driver who arrived with a load of steel discovered the scene. Chapman, a Black/African American man who lived alone at the property and worked as a blacksmith and artist, had a fatal gunshot wound to the head; an autopsy confirmed the cause of death.

Investigators estimated Chapman had been killed ten to twelve hours before he was found. His last known contact was a voicemail he left for a female friend at 6:11 p.m. on June 24. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has kept the case open; it was featured on Crime Stoppers and America’s Most Wanted, but no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made. Investigators reviewed a severe beating Chapman suffered about a year earlier but had not established a connection.

Does anyone have information about Chapman, his work, or his activities in Calvin Township around June 2007?