Rafie Joseph Jones was 22 when he died on August 23, 2009. He grew up in Chesapeake after moving there from Newark, New Jersey, at age nine and attended Indian River High School. Family and friends remembered him for a kind heart and a love of music; his death was described by those who mourned him as unexpected.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported, and the Chesapeake Police Department has not listed his case among its cold case homicides. The official investigation has not produced any publicly disclosed conclusions about foul play.

If anyone knew Rafie, saw him in Chesapeake in 2009, or has information about what happened on or around August 23, 2009, please come forward.