In the fall of 2017, 28-year-old Indianapolis man John Beasley Jr. arranged a meeting through a mobile app to trade marijuana for Air Jordan sneakers. He planned to meet two teenagers, 17-year-old Toney Hodges and a 15-year-old, on Star Magnolia Place near 38th and Sherman on the city’s northeast side. The meeting was a setup for a robbery: court documents say the teens intended to brandish a weapon and steal both the shoes and the drugs. During the encounter the 15-year-old admitted to shooting Beasley. On October 16, 2017, Beasley was found shot to death inside his vehicle at the apartment complex. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police arrested Hodges and the younger accomplice, and prosecutors charged Hodges as an adult in connection with the murder.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the meeting or notice either vehicle that night?