Erik Joseph Neal Sparks was 28 when he was found shot to death near the Cardinal Greenway by McGalliard Road in Muncie, Indiana. He had been reported missing by a roommate after last being seen from their southwest-side residence; his body was discovered on February 8, 2022, and investigators determined he had been shot multiple times.

Court documents identify a primary suspect, Jason De’Andre Harris, and describe an argument the night before the killing in which Harris allegedly pointed a gun at Sparks. Those documents say Harris then forced Sparks at gunpoint down the Cardinal Greenway trail, shot him, dragged the body into the woods and covered it with snow.

The case centers on the dispute that preceded Sparks’s death and the actions that followed. Anyone with information about Sparks, the events on or before February 8, 2022, or the area around the Cardinal Greenway is asked to come forward.