Donald Eugene Patterson Jr. was 25 when he died on October 17, 2017, in Indianapolis, Indiana. A graduate of Howe High School, he was remembered by family for his love of athletics and football and was mourned at Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church by his father Donald Eugene Patterson Sr., his mother Florine Warren, grandmother Alice Marie Patterson, sisters Karissa N. Warren and Portcia Jackson, and other relatives and friends.

Some online databases and forums list his death among homicides or deaths by force, but accessible news archives do not provide specific details about the location or manner of death.

Does anyone have verifiable information about what happened to Donald Patterson Jr. or about the status of the investigation?