Francis Vandy, 35, of Willingboro, New Jersey, was killed on June 30, 2015 after arranging what he believed would be a marijuana transaction in Franklin. He was found dead in the Hempstead Drive area with an apparent gunshot wound after meeting Dashawn Carreker; witnesses saw a dark four-door vehicle flee the scene after shots were heard.

A Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office and Franklin Township Police Department investigation determined the meeting had been set up as a robbery. Dashawn Carreker, then 23 of New Brunswick, and Emendo Sport Hill, 27 of Piscataway, were indicted for murder and felony murder in Vandy’s death. The probe tied six men to a wider crime spree of armed robberies and violent incidents linked to alleged drug transactions; other defendants named were Divendra Bhim, Darral Black, Derick Carreker, and Darry Latney.

Detectives executed a July 1, 2015 search warrant at a North Brunswick residence where Dashawn Carreker was captured trying to flee and conceal a handgun; investigators also recovered heroin, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia. Did anyone in the Franklin or Willingboro area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?