Macon Henry Griffin was 24 when he was shot and killed in his Richmond, Virginia apartment on December 26, 2007. Two men forced their way into the home that Wednesday evening in what investigators described as a home invasion robbery. One intruder was armed and the pair demanded money; Griffin handed over cash but was shot three times, the fatal bullet hitting his chest. A neighbor called police after seeing Griffin’s girlfriend, Toirjuanna Baskerville, urgently seeking help at a window.

The investigation led to Tino Devont Hayes. A jury convicted Hayes of second-degree murder and related firearms offenses for his role in the robbery and Griffin’s death; he received a prison term of fifty-four and a half years, with six months suspended, and the conviction was later upheld on appeal. Griffin left behind two young sons, his mother Antoinette Griffin Holliday, his father Macon H. Patterson, and many relatives and friends who remembered him as kind and respectful.

If anyone knew Macon, his movements that night, or has information about the robbery, please share what is known.