Tyrel Taylor

On a Thursday morning in Detroit, 20-year-old Tyler 'T.J.' Taylor was on his way to work, a routine journey that ended in tragedy. It was October 17, 2013, when he was found lying on the sidewalk in the 12000 block of Duchess Street, near Kelly Road and Morang Drive on the city's east side. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Having just celebrated his twentieth birthday the week prior, his life was abruptly cut short.

In the wake of his death, police had few details to re ...