Marlon Leapheart

In the late summer of 2012, a year marked by a significant surge in violence in Detroit, the life of 33-year-old Marlon Leapheart was tragically cut short. On September 9, 2012, Leapheart became another statistic in a city grappling with a high number of homicides. He was found at 11806 Schaefer Highway, his death ruled a homicide.

Details surrounding the circumstances of Marlon Leapheart's death are scarce, a common reality for many of the 386 individuals who lost their lives to violence ...