Jose King Jr., a 60-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Louisiana, died on Saturday, September 29, 2012.
In the days that followed, the public record that surfaced most clearly was the grief of a family suddenly missing its center. In the obituary published in The Times-Picayune’s notices, he is remembered first as a son—born to Lucille King and the late Jose King Sr.—and then as a husband and father whose absence would be felt in the routines of home life.
He left behind his wife, Elsie King, and his daughter, Erika K. Ruiz, as well as grandchildren, Chaz Jr. and Cambree Ruiz, alongside a wider circle of in-laws and relatives who were named as survivors—people who would have been the ones answering calls, receiving visitors, and trying to make sense of an ordinary day turned permanent.
In searching for what happened to him beyond the death notice, there is no readily available public reporting in the sources reviewed here that identifies suspects or describes arrests, charges, trial proceedings, or convictions connected to his death.
