Our card this week is Germaine Johnson, the two of spades from Arizona.

In 2006, central Phoenix was shaken after a beloved member of the community was killed

while he was minding his own business hanging out with his friends.

For 16 years, Phoenix police have attempted to hunt down the killers, only to hit dead

ends at every turn.

But they have far from giving up hope because they know there are people in the community

who hold the answers to the questions that have haunted the city since 2006.

Who killed Germaine and why?

I'm Ashley Flowers and this is The Deck.

It was around 11.45pm on October 20th, 2006, and Detective Barry Geesman with the Phoenix

Police Department was at home kicking off the weekend when he got a call that there had

been a homicide in central Phoenix and he needed to respond to the scene right away.

When he got there, the scene was already bustling with activity.

Patrol cars were lining the streets and officers had roped off an alley that was sandwiched

between office type businesses and a house.

And although Detective Geesman hadn't been briefed on the situation yet, he was probably

hopeful that this would be an open and shut case.

I mean, it was a Friday night and there were plenty of buildings nearby right with possible

witnesses, or at the very least, surely there was some surveillance footage around for

them to work with.

When Detective Geesman was given the full low down, he learned that just before 9pm dispatch

had received several 911 calls about lots of gunshots and a man down.

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