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On June 23, 1998 in Indianapolis, 18-year-old Anthony Walker met James Smith in an apartment parking lot to buy marijuana. After the sale they smoked together and an argument over a past debt Smith claimed Walker owed turned physical. At some point a handgun was produced and Walker shot Smith three times, two bullets entering the back and one striking the back of the head.

After the shooting Walker took the keys to Smith’s mother’s car, moved Smith’s body into the trunk, drove to a different apartment complex and parked in a vacant garage. He removed Smith’s clothing and discarded them, along with the car keys and the handgun, in a dumpster. In the days afterward Walker used Smith’s cell phone; calls traced to that activity prompted police to question him multiple times. Walker ultimately confessed on August 6, 1998 while saying he acted in self-defense; the next day he was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and auto theft. A jury later convicted him of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter plus robbery and auto theft, and the court imposed consecutive terms totaling an aggregate sentence of 49 years.

Are there details from that afternoon or the garage where the car was left that anyone remembers and could help clarify what happened?