On a Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis, two young men were found dead in an alley between abandoned houses in the 2900 block of Gladstone Avenue. Alexander Blake Brown, 24, and his friend Mack Taylor, 23, were discovered on September 14, 2016. A nearby house on Gladstone Avenue showed a significant amount of blood, and police believed that location was connected to the deaths.

In the days after the discovery four people were arrested for breaking into that house, but no arrests were announced in the murders. Investigators faced a lack of cooperating witnesses and at one point suggested the killings may have been drug-related; Taylor was reported to have been an associate of a local gang. Reports later noted at least one person suspected of a connection to Brown’s death was killed in 2017, but no charges in these murders have been made public.

The case remains unsolved and the families continue to press for answers. If anyone has information about Alexander Blake Brown or the events near Gladstone Avenue on September 14, 2016, please come forward.