Juan Badojos

The streets of Southwest Detroit witnessed a violent tragedy on August 29, 2011, when police were called to the intersection of Springwells Street and Homer Street. In an area familiar with the struggles of urban crime, the discovery of a body marked another grim addition to the city's homicide statistics for that year. Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene to find a victim who had succumbed to violent force, initiating a murder investigation in a neighborhood that was grappling with a s ...