On December 21, 2006, a double homicide occurred in a Dean Street home on Detroit’s east side. Twenty-two-year-old Rachel Johnson, a student at Macomb County Community College, was found in a pool of blood by her mother, Nelda Grant, just after midnight. Grant’s 911 call was cut short and she was later found fatally shot. Rachel’s three-year-old daughter, who was in the home during the shooting, was unharmed and was placed in protective custody.

Neighbors reported hearing an argument and then gunshots earlier that evening. After a 16-hour manhunt he was taken into custody and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, use of a firearm during a felony, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and being a habitual offender.

Anyone who knew Rachel, Nelda, or the household, or who heard or saw anything on Dean Street that night, is asked to come forward with information.