Frank Drayton, 60, was sitting on his back porch on West Fourth Street in Plainfield when an armed person approached him around midnight on June 23, 2016. The assailant demanded money; after a verbal exchange a single gunshot struck Drayton and he was pronounced dead shortly afterward. The suspect ran from the scene on foot.

The Union County Prosecutor’s Office assigned its Homicide Task Force to the case and asked the public for help. Union County Crime Stoppers offered up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced and no significant breakthroughs have been disclosed.

If anyone was in the area of West Fourth Street that night or has information about the person who fled, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.