Robert Ellis-El

In the chill of a Detroit morning, just two days before Christmas in 2015, a neighbor on Archdale Street was drawn from his home by the smell of smoke. What he discovered was a scene of horror that would forever alter the holiday season for one family. The body of 69-year-old Robert Ellis, a Black male known affectionately to friends and family as 'Bobby' or 'Blue,' was found shot and burned on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. The gruesome discovery was made at approximately 7:30 a.m. at a house lo ...