On the evening of April 4, 1990, Steven Owens, 32, was one of six men killed inside a house on St. Aubin Street in Detroit in what became known as the St. Aubin Street massacre. The residence was later described by authorities as a crack house Owens ran. The attack began as a robbery and escalated into mass murder.

Prosecutors said the plan was set in motion by 18-year-old Tamara Marie Marshall, a former girlfriend of Owens, who entered the house first with Jamal Latiff Biggs, 19, and Mark Lamond Bell, 20, while 19-year-old Marc Caison acted as the getaway driver. Survivors provided information that helped police arrest the four suspects quickly. Marshall was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder (including Owens), two counts of second-degree murder and one count of being an accessory, and received life without parole. Biggs and Bell were also convicted of first-degree murder and given life sentences. The outcome of the driver Marc Caison’s case is less publicized.

Was anyone in the neighborhood that night able to see or hear something that wasn’t shared at the trials?