Darnell Favors, a 37-year-old man from Dayton, Ohio, died on November 6, 2004, after being shot several days earlier in Dayton. Public cold-case records maintained through Ohio law enforcement list the incident date as October 31, 2004, and the homicide date as November 6, 2004, indicating that Favors survived the initial shooting but later succumbed to his injuries.
His obituary states that he died at Miami Valley Hospital, placing the final hours of the case in a hospital setting after the violence that had already changed the course of his family's life.
The available public record provides only a brief outline of what happened. According to the Dayton Police Department information carried in Ohio's unsolved homicide listings, Favors was shot on October 31, 2004, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. The precise circumstances surrounding the shooting, including where in Dayton it occurred, what led up to it, whether there was a confrontation, and whether anyone witnessed the attack, are not detailed in the public summaries found online. What is clear is that the injury was severe enough that he remained alive for several days before his death was recorded on November 6.
Favors' death was treated as a homicide, and his case appears in Ohio's unsolved homicide records under the Dayton Police Department. Publicly available listings do not identify a named suspect, and no confirmed arrest, charge, trial, plea, or conviction could be found in the online sources reviewed. Because the case remains listed as unsolved in official cold-case materials, the public record suggests that investigators either did not have enough evidence to bring charges or that any leads developed in the case have not resulted in a public resolution.
Away from the investigative record, Favors' obituary shows the human loss behind the case. He was remembered as a husband and father, survived by his wife, Selena Favors, and three young children, as well as his parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Those details give the case a deeper weight: this was not only a shooting recorded in a police database, but the death of a man whose family was left to mourn him and carry unanswered questions after his life ended at age 37.
The public information available about Darnell Favors' death is limited, but the central facts remain stark. He was shot in Dayton on October 31, 2004, died at Miami Valley Hospital on November 6, 2004, and his homicide remains publicly listed as unsolved. No verified online information was found identifying a suspect or documenting any arrest or conviction, leaving the case defined by both the violence that took his life and the absence of a publicly reported resolution.
