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On August 28, 2015, police in Greenwood, Indiana, found 20-year-old Douglas Lane dead inside an apartment at the Woodale Terrace/Park Greenwood complex. Lane, a resident of nearby Bargersville, had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Investigators concluded the shooting grew out of a drug transaction arranged through social media rather than a random attack.

According to the investigation, Lane had arranged to buy a large quantity of marijuana for about $3,200. The seller, later identified as 29-year-old Marcus Hardy of Indianapolis, allegedly intended to rob Lane rather than complete the sale. When the two met at the complex the meeting turned deadly; Hardy stole Lane’s cellphone and fled. Tracing the stolen phone led U.S. Marshals to Merrillville, where Hardy was arrested and charged with murder and robbery.

Hardy was tried in Johnson County; a jury convicted him of murder and armed robbery and the court imposed a 65-year term. Did anyone who knew Douglas or who was in the Greenwood area that afternoon see or hear anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline?