Seventeen-year-old Kody Michael Scrunton was found dead behind a civic league building near Diamond Springs Park in Virginia Beach on June 4, 2011. His body showed a fatal gunshot wound. Kody, formerly of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, had been living in Norfolk and enjoyed skateboarding, video games, and music; he was working toward a GED and hoped to enlist in the Navy.

Investigators arrested a Virginia Beach youth on June 14, 2011; initial charges included second-degree murder. Prosecutors later said the killing was intended to silence Kody after he refused to join a planned robbery of a drug dealer’s home. A trial resulted in a conviction for first-degree murder, conspiracy, and use of a firearm, and testimony at trial included Kody’s mother describing the family’s grief.

If anyone knew Kody, saw him in Norfolk or Virginia Beach in 2011, or has information about the events leading up to his death, please share what can help the investigation.