Hurts Presendieu, 45, was found dead outside a church on East 25th Street near North Post Road in Indianapolis on July 9, 2021. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene; the Marion County Coroner’s Office later determined the cause was a gunshot wound to the head and ruled his death a homicide. Presendieu worked as a Lyft driver at the time.

Investigators linked 17-year-old Jahion Jarrett to the killing using GPS data from an ankle monitor he was wearing; the location data placed him near Presendieu’s last Lyft pickup, at the ride’s end, and matched surveillance footage showing Presendieu’s car by the church. Witnesses said Jarrett had talked about planning a robbery, and detectives believe the robbery was the motive. Police say Jarrett dumped Presendieu’s body and stole the vehicle; that stolen car was later involved in a pursuit on July 12 that ended in a crash and the detention of three juveniles, with suspected dried blood recovered in the vehicle.

Jarrett was arrested by IMPD Homicide detectives on July 27 and charged as an adult with murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, resisting law enforcement, and dangerous possession of a firearm. If anyone knew Hurts Presendieu or has information about the events around his last ride, please come forward.