‘Happy That Somebody Else Saw’: Jury Rejects Finding That Black Teen Shot In the Head At House Party Died by Suicide After Family Questioned the Conclusion for Weeks
A jury found after a coroner’s inquest on Friday, July 31, that a 19-year-old Black man who died at a house party in rural Missouri died of foul play and not suicide. Derontae Martin suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was found on April 25 in the attic of a home near Fredericktown…