This doesn't add up to me. I checked the area around where he was last seen and there is no place close to the friends house that he could've gotten plywood. There is a hardware store but they close at 6 pm. Looking at different post or shared stories the information is not the same there are 2 different last known places, 2 different dates that are given for when he was last seen. Those are 2 important factors. Why are we not being told actual facts?? Who are the people that were at his camp? None of them saw him but his personal belongings were found there. If he carried his belongings around did he have them when he left this "friends" house. Wouldn't she know that?? Are the police really looking into this case seriously?? Bc i heard that the city planned on bulldozing this man's home. Why does the city feel the need to destroy this man's home?? He's missing and homeless that's kinda cruel of the city. North Little Rock just loves to take and destroy people's homes, belongings, what they work hard for. City full of stuck up bullies.

Are you keeping up to date with this case ? This was my ex girlfriend and for a few years . And it's sad to see someone I knew so personally go missing . I hope they find her . I know she has. Daughter and I hate this . She lived a street life but man I hope she is found

Helo, I am Kendricks mother and have plenty of truthful details from his best friend who was present. This was in no way an accident. Kendrick had a membership at shooters choice where him, his dad and I attended together. The day the boys we do not know personally because he had just met them ,although we knew all his friend. His best friend told us the boys picked him up and stated they did not have the money to go to shooters choice and knew where they could go for free. One of the boys told Kendrick he wanted to purchase the gun for his birthday . In fact after Kendrick was murdered a gun site arrived at our home with the boy who killed him name on it. Kendrick has training and certification in safe handling and shooting. He was kind and felt every young man should know how to use a weapon properly.where as the boys stated they wanted to learn. The detective stated Kendrick was loading a Glock but shot with a 9 millimeter. Both weapons belonged to him. He also had recently posted on social media a handful of money because he’d just sold his car. The detective went on vacation twice during this investigation for at least a week at a time but a few days after his murder. The best friend told us the boys threatened his life after he called 911 to not talk. The best friend said he didn’t see anything because he was taking a piss but did say Kendrick was loading a Glock 9 and his 9 millimeter was next to him on top of the gun case. The best friend also told my husband and I he was afraid and the boys had taken the guns and began to leave when he said where are you going and they said leave him there. He was already on the phone with the 911 operator who told him not to administer CPR. The boys heard the police sirens and ran back to the scene and said we all have to have the same story. Two of the boys told the lie and the shooter came with an attorney and pleaded the 5th. No charges were filed. No crime scene was protected, no police camera footage was viewed, the 24/7 surveillance camera that we were told somehow did not catch the murder. When I asked the detective ‘So I could just take someone in the woods and shoot them, as long as there are no honest witnesses and I plead the 5th, if caught ;I could just be free.”his response was ‘There’s a lot of woods in Delaware” My son was murdered, there was no accident here just a cover up.

This was no accident, this was not a target practice. It was supposed to be at shooters choice. Kendrick was picked up a driven to the woods by the killers who claimed they had no money to go to the proper place to learn gun safety, which they contacted KENDRICK to teach them. The precautionary measure that was stated by the detective is there were 24/7 running cameras at that location.Hopefully this homicide case can be concluded and a prosecution can occur. Also the investigators will prioritize the cases they accept over the vacations they planned. Death has no schedule and I pray you never have to experience this tragedy or explain the truth to people who make asinine comments.

Helo, I am Kendricks mother and have plenty of truthful details from his best friend who was present. This was in no way an accident. Kendrick had a membership at shooters choice where him, his dad and I attended together. The day the boys we do not know personally because he had just met them ,although we knew all his friend. His best friend told us the boys picked him up and stated they did not have the money to go to shooters choice and knew where they could go for free. One of the boys told Kendrick he wanted to purchase the gun for his birthday . In fact after Kendrick was murdered a gun site arrived at our home with the boy who killed him name on it. Kendrick has training and certification in safe handling and shooting. He was kind and felt every young man should know how to use a weapon properly.where as the boys stated they wanted to learn. The detective stated Kendrick was loading a Glock but shot with a 9 millimeter. Both weapons belonged to him. He also had recently posted on social media a handful of money because he’d just sold his car. The detective went on vacation twice during this investigation for at least a week at a time but a few days after his murder. The best friend told us the boys threatened his life after he called 911 to not talk. The best friend said he didn’t see anything because he was taking a piss but did say Kendrick was loading a Glock 9 and his 9 millimeter was next to him on top of the gun case. The best friend also told my husband and I he was afraid and the boys had taken the guns and began to leave when he said where are you going and they said leave him there. He was already on the phone with the 911 operator who told him not to administer CPR. The boys heard the police sirens and ran back to the scene and said we all have to have the same story. Two of the boys told the lie and the shooter came with an attorney and pleaded the 5th. No charges were filed. No crime scene was protected, no police camera footage was viewed, the 24/7 surveillance camera that we were told somehow did not catch the murder. When I asked the detective ‘So I could just take someone in the woods and shoot them, as long as there are no honest witnesses and I plead the 5th, if caught ;I could just be free.”his response was ‘There’s a lot of woods in Delaware” My son was murdered, there was no accident here just a cover up.

Thank you for telling your story. This is such an injustice. I would also believe the best friend over 2 guys he didn't know. I hope some day someone will take this case seriously and you will get justice for your son.

Thank you,I do believe him and know he was afraid.

Highly likely someone at the party either saw something or was involved in her disspearance in some way. I hope someday they find her or find some kind of clue they can follow to find what happened.

The yes or no question that will wrap this up. Do y'all know if Darius had an Uncle that was around his age? Did any of the uncles attend the high school? If yes, the case is solved. If no, then I will have to keep narrowing things down. Either way, I won't stop.

Are you asking if the killer was an alumni or if he attended the school in 2016? Wouldn't that have made him a student also? And young at that?

Sorry to barge in on ya'lls convo but did any of you make an evidence board for this case? Is it public?

Yes I thought I made one but I don't know how to post it.

Tell me how to make it public please

No problem. There is a settings icon to the left of 'Clear Board' in that modal you can toggle the board to public. Also if you guys want to work on the board together you can add someone as a contact. After they accept the request then you can share the board privilege's to where they can edit the board as well. It's pretty sweet, I have about 5 boards going with my fellow sleuthers. :)

I've been lurking on your conversation and it's great I think it's what this site is all about. One feature that I think you guys might find very helpful is the A.I. image generation feature. You can do this from within the evidence board or under your account 'documents' section. When trying to describe someone you can give as good a description as you can i.e. black man, age 16-17, 5'11", brown eyes, slender build, facial hair is a goatie, dreadlocks etc. etc. Then it will generate an image based on your description and you can modify it from there.

https://crimesolverscentral.com/mb/view_board.php?board_id=273

Can you see if this link works, please ? I just did the evidence board

It worked for me. Also, feel free to join in or just snoop around. Ignore our tiny argues every now and then. We still help each other to solve this case. Thank you for the site knowledge!

P, great job making it public! You can also see all public boards at https://crimesolverscentral.com/shared_evidence_boards.php If you need anything feel free to Message me. I am not on every day but I try to jump on at least every few days. You guys/gals are doing great!

Yes, I was asking if the Uncle was around the same age as Darius and attended school in 2016. Not necessarily alumni , but was he a student in general ?

The one im thinking of was a student. So either that's the one or we're just going to have to disregard that one and search again until we find the right one

I'm thinking of the one whose name starts with R. You're thinking of someone who might have just been a different relative because the one you told me was also a student. But the one I told you was a grown man during this time .

So basically we're on the same page , but in a different book. For what it's worth, our books are in the same libraries. We know it was the uncle, but we just don't know which uncle. We can keep finding out, but in the meantime, let's send resources. I know a charity that will help grieving households after each shooting.

Reg???

Yes, a regular black male. Please keep up so we don't have to backtrack.

... .... ?? I asked y'all was it Reg? ..? How that backtracking?

Because she already answered you and by now , we are past the descriptions. Yes, it was a regular black male. We've already established that, so it is back tracking for you to continue to ask.

We don't have to describe anymore, let's use the tools available on this website. We can just listen to the suggestion by the person that joined our conversation anf use the AI feature . That way we don't keep arguing about physical descriptions.

Both y'all a trip. I'm over here asking was the shooter Reg , y'all talmbout a regular black man. Then saying I'm back tracking but I'm actually moving the conversation forward. I'm asking y'all was the name Reg ????

I would assume he had a regular name. I can't recall his name though, that's the problem. So I can't say for sure. Everything else about him was regular, if that helps.

Both y'all private message me pls. Y'all not comprehending my question

So I went over even more South Carolina murder cases, but this time the ones that were solved and actually led to arrests. Whether solved or unsolved, it's the same pattern whenever this luring tactic is used. I'm going to make a compilation of every murder that has occurred in this manner, but only using the solved cases. That way it's already on paper that it was proven this tactic was used. Then present my findings to lawmakers and I'm fully confident in getting this passed, even if it takes decades. We gotta show the state representatives that these types of bizarre ritualistic murders need to end. I mean, it's the same 8 steps every time. Another thing to mention: it always involves a gun. The Killer is always waiting with the gun in possession or they will go retrieve the gun from somewhere they hid it nearby and return to shoot the victim. Sometimes they hide the gun nearby so that when the victim arrives at the isolated location, they are not immediately alarmed. All you have to do is study these murders. It's the same tactic, you will recognize it immediately everytime it happens. Not all murders, but it'll be so obvious when the Lure Tactic was used .

Bizarre and ritualistic are perfect words to describe bcuz how somebody got time to put so much effort into luring someone..? I start lookin into what u was talkin bout . It really do be the same 8 steps down to a T. Like yeah the motives differ, but overall what in the world going on? Bbygrl here something else too, u notice it be involving teenage and adult murder cases? So this ain't even a age restricted thing. And South Carolina got the hands of one is the hands of all so how this even be hap'n in the first place?

Y'all , let's start informing the local youth about the free resources available to them. The shooter could've called the national suicide and crisis hotline at 988. That's it, just 3 numbers. The crisis counselors are the absolute best. The shooter could've even texted that 988 number and they will allow you to vent.! He should've got it off his chest and expressed himself to those trained professionals. They are there to listen and they really do care. P and I will start advocating mental health for the young males that live in areas plagued by gun violence. It is ok to be frustrated if you feel disrespected or if you think someone owes you. But painfully killing the person? Yikes!! Never ever take a human life out of hate! Please call or text 988 if you are having thoughts of harming another human. Do it for yourself, don't be a statistic or a stereotype. Don't kill what you can't re-create. Message for the youth.

I'm with this . From personal experience, it's a stigma to reach out for help with mental health. Especially if u look a certain way, ppl want you to "handle business" with extreme violence. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. sad part is if the shooter would've handled it peacefully, he would've been called a bword and then with that kid being present, you know he was instigating them SMH . Or serving as the Lookout. It's sad so yea I wanna help y'all with the youth fr

I am just waiting for this trial to happen. It feels like it is taking forever. She needs to go away for life. She had no regard for life at all. Only hers.

What are the details surrounding his disappearance? Does anyone have a photo?

Thanks for asking about Melvin. Unfortunately, from what I have researched there aren’t many publicly available details about the day he went missing. Official records only say that 68-year-old Melvin was last seen in Tyler, Texas, on November 2, 2023, and they don’t list where he was headed, who he was with, or any specific incident tied to his disappearance.

What we do know is his description: he’s a very tall, slender Black/African American man, about 6'4" and around 180 lbs, bald with brown eyes. Those details come from his missing-person listing and are meant to help people recognize him if they’ve seen him.

I tried to reach the other posters regarding search and walking his dog but have not heard back.