In the late hours of Christmas Day in 2012, a tragic and mysterious event unfolded in Phoenix, Arizona, leading to the death of 23-year-old Nathan Dewitt. A male with a passion for yo-yoing that had earned him a national championship title, Dewitt was found after his 1997 Ford Explorer crashed into a tree and rolled onto its side off 28th Street, just south of Union Hills Drive. The incident occurred at approximately 11:46 p.m., a time when most were celebrating the holiday.
First responders arrived at the scene of the traffic accident to a puzzling situation. Dewitt, having managed to crawl from the wreckage of his vehicle, informed a witness that he had been shot. This revelation shifted the focus of the investigation from a simple car crash to a homicide. He was quickly transported to a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound, but he ultimately succumbed to his injuries and passed away.
In the immediate aftermath, the Phoenix Police Department began an intensive investigation into the shooting death of Nathan Dewitt. Authorities were left with few leads and publicly appealed for any information that could shed light on the circumstances leading to the shooting. It was suggested that Dewitt may have been at a party before the incident occurred, but the motive and the identity of the shooter remained unknown. To this day, the case remains unsolved, with no arrests having been made and no suspects publicly identified. The investigation into who shot and killed Nathan Dewitt is now considered a cold case, leaving his family and friends without answers.
