Desmond Touche Baker was 27 when he was found on a Leflore County roadside on June 7, 2017, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Investigators determined the shooting followed an attempted robbery. The Leflore County Sheriff’s Department identified two people involved: Quandarius Williams and Renae Marie Canada. According to the case, Williams shot Baker during the robbery and later fled to Louisiana before being located by law enforcement.

In April 2019 both Williams and Canada pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed robbery. At sentencing, Judge Richard Smith imposed concurrent forty-year terms for each count, with thirty-five years to be served in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and five years of post-release supervision. Baker’s father and his fiancée gave victim impact statements; Canada expressed remorse and sought forgiveness from the family.

If anyone knew Desmond, his movements on June 7, 2017, or has information about the robbery, please share what is known.