On Sunday, April 29, 2007, police in Indianapolis, Indiana, made a grim discovery in the parking lot of the Cambridge Square North apartment complex. Residents living near the 2600 block of Stockbridge Drive had contacted authorities to report a foul odor emanating from a vehicle that had been parked in the lot for an extended period. Responding officers focused their attention on a red 2000 Monte Carlo. Upon opening the trunk of the vehicle, they discovered the decomposing body of an adult male.
The victim was identified as 33-year-old Shawn Lamort Quick. Investigators determined that Quick had been missing for approximately one month prior to the discovery, with reports indicating he had last been seen or heard from around March 29, 2007. The red Monte Carlo in which he was found was registered in his name. An autopsy subsequently revealed that Quick had died from a gunshot wound, and his death was ruled a homicide. Police believe the shooting likely occurred on or near the date of his disappearance, leaving his body concealed in the vehicle for weeks before it was found.
Despite the homicide ruling, the investigation into Shawn Quick’s death went cold. As of nearly a decade later, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department still listed the case as an unsolved homicide. There are no available records from online sources indicating that any suspects were ever arrested, charged, or convicted in connection with his murder. While Quick himself had been involved in a high-profile shootout with rival groups in December 2002—for which he and others faced legal proceedings—no information links that prior event to the specific circumstances or perpetrators of his death five years later.
