Michael Edward Fleming, 58, was found fatally shot in the head and neck while sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car at the Hollybush Gardens apartment complex in Glassboro, New Jersey, in the predawn hours of October 28, 2017. He was pronounced dead at the scene and police immediately treated his death as a homicide.

Investigators focused on a neighbor who lived in the same complex, identified as Michael D. White. Fleming’s girlfriend told police she had known White for at least seven years and identified him as the shooter. Police say Fleming and White had a history that included prior drug transactions, a vehicle dispute, and overlapping relationships involving the girlfriend’s family.

White surrendered to Glassboro police the day after the killing and was charged with first-degree murder and several weapons offenses. Court records state he gave two statements, including an admission, but a trial judge suppressed those interviews because officers did not properly inform him of the specific charges before questioning; the suppression was later affirmed on appeal. Who knew Fleming or noticed anything unusual at Hollybush Gardens that night?