Darnell Moody, a 27-year-old Black man from Newark, New Jersey, died on March 27, 2017 after a violent confrontation that left him with catastrophic injuries. Records describe a heated argument that escalated into violence; the official cause of death is blunt force trauma. Some gun-violence trackers list him among Newark shooting victims who died hours after a shooting, while homicide registries categorize the case as death by force, emphasizing the severe blunt-force injuries rather than a single documented weapon.

Authorities opened a homicide investigation and the case appears in databases of unsolved or still-scrutinized deaths. No prosecutor’s release or contemporary news report links a named suspect or arrest to Moody’s 2017 killing, though an unrelated 2013 aggravated-manslaughter arrest of a 37-year-old Darrell Moody is sometimes (incorrectly) conflated with this case. If anyone knew Darnell, saw the March 27, 2017 altercation, or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.