Donald Young, 47, was found shot multiple times — including a gunshot to the head — in his South Shore apartment on the 2300 block of East 69th Street in Chicago on December 23, 2007. A longtime choir director at Trinity United Church of Christ and a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at Guggenheim Elementary School, Young was described by colleagues and parishioners as devoted to music and education. His roommate discovered him about 7:30 a.m.; the front door was shut but not locked. The Cook County medical examiner and Chicago police ruled the death a homicide.

Some valuables, including jewelry and Christmas presents, were reported missing, so investigators considered robbery among possible motives, but police did not announce any suspect or arrest and said they were not formally linking this killing to a nearby December homicide of Larry Bland. The case has remained an open homicide investigation with no publicly disclosed forensic breakthrough. For those who knew him, the loss is of a much-loved teacher and choir director — and the neighborhood is still waiting for answers. Does anyone who knew Donald or his routines have information that could help clarify what happened?