In the early morning hours of September 9, 2017, the quiet of a Detroit neighborhood was broken by a grim discovery. Eric Perkins, a male, and his friend Jalisa Baxter were found shot to death inside a car. The vehicle was located in a vacant lot near the intersection of Rohns and Moffett streets on the city's east side, discovered at approximately 3:45 a.m.
The case, a double homicide, has remained a painful open wound for the families of the two victims. In the years that have followed, no arrests have been made, and no suspects have been publicly identified, leaving a void of answers and a lingering sense of injustice. The investigation into their deaths has been ongoing, but details about what led to the tragic event have not been released to the public.
Desperate for closure, the family of Jalisa Baxter has made public appeals for any information that could lead to a breakthrough in the case. In a press conference held in June of 2022, nearly five years after the murders, family members, alongside Crime Stoppers, pleaded with the community for assistance. They highlighted the profound loss and the ongoing pain of not knowing who was responsible for the deaths of their loved ones. Law enforcement officials have continued to ask for the public's help, urging anyone with even the smallest piece of information to come forward, hopeful that a tip could be the key to solving the long-unsolved murders of Eric Perkins and Jalisa Baxter.
