Deandre Charles Baker, 25, a Black male, was killed on November 3, 2008, in Omaha, Nebraska. His death marked the sudden end of a young life noted in local obituary records that confirmed his age and the date he died. Community remembrances preserved his name and the bare facts of his passing, but offered few public details about the circumstances beyond the grim certainty that he had been shot and would not be coming home.
In the days and years that followed, the case did not yield a public arrest. Available summaries of unsolved Omaha homicides list Baker s killing among the city s lingering investigations from that period, describing the offense as a fatal shooting and noting that no suspect has been brought to justice. Official cold-case resources invite tips on long-open homicides like his, underscoring that the investigation remains open to new information even now.
