A heartbroken Detroit family is left with more questions than answers after the body of 28-year-old Jermaine Fairley was found in a sewer drain Friday.
The bizarre case stems back to Jan. 27, when Fairley was attending the funeral and repast of a family friend. Jermaine’s mother Tamika Fairley was not in attendance but heard that a fight broke out and her son was shot in the back of the head.
No one called emergency services and Jermaine Fairley’s body was transported in his own vehicle. That vehicle was then recovered later that day parked and engulfed in flames, but Jermaine’s body was nowhere to be found .
“He didn’t deserve that,” Tamika Fairley said.
Family had been looking for Jermaine Fairley’s body for six days when last Friday, Tamika Fairley received a call from the Detroit Police Department. She was told that her son may have been found in a sewer drain near Tyler Avenue and Sussex Street on Detroit’s west side.
“I can’t believe that’s how it ended. I’m just glad they were able to locate him,” Tamika Fairley said.