Found Deceased IN - Rodney Mitchell III, 19, Indianapolis, 7 Dec 2019

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Rodney Steve Mitchell III was last seen and heard from in the late evening of Saturday, Dec. 7 or early morning of Sunday, Dec. 8. Mitchell is described as 5'6" tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has black hair with brown eyes. Mitchell drives a dark blue 2001 Honda Accord with an Indiana license plate: 38922R.

IMPD searching for missing 19-year-old

 

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Found deceased

IMPD searching for missing 19-year-old

 

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A FB page full of posts of "prayers for the family"...

 

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The homicide happened on December 9, 2019, at the 700 block of West Southern Avenue.

Mitchell was reported missing on December 7, 2019. He was last seen leaving his grandmother's house and left driving his car.

IMPD detectives asking for help solving 2019 homicide

Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Departments Homicide Unit are asking for the public's help in finding the suspect responsible for the murder of Rodney Mitchell.

www.wrtv.com

 

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July 15 2025 rbbm​

IMPD breaks 2019 homicide case with two suspects identified

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has made progress in a cold case from December 2019 involving the murder of Rodney Mitchell III.

www.wrtv.com

''INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has made progress in a cold case from December 2019 involving the murder of Rodney Mitchell III.
''Detectives from the Unsolved Homicide Unit have identified two suspects in the case.''

''In July 2024, the case was handed over to the Unsolved Homicide Unit. After a thorough review and new evidence, detectives identified 28-year-old Jonathan Hayes and 25-year-old Alexander Russell as the suspects in Mitchell's murder.
On July 11, 2025, the Marion County Superior Court issued arrest warrants for both men on charges of murder and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. At the time, both suspects were already in custody for unrelated offenses.''

Suspects pretended to be teen’s girlfriend so they could kill him, cops say

Alexander Russell and Jonathan Hayes have been charged with murder in the 2019 killing

www.independent.co.uk

Alexander Russell and Jonathan Hayes have been charged with murder in the 2019 killing of a 19-year-old man (IMPD)
;;Two Indianapolis men have been charged with murder in the 2019 killing of a 19-year-old man, who police say was lured to a riverbank and shot multiple times after the suspects posed as his girlfriend online.

The body of Rodney Steve Mitchell III was found on December 9, 2019, along the White River, according to court documents obtained by WTHR.

He had been shot three times in the head and once in the hand, and his pockets were turned inside out. Both live and spent rounds were found nearby, suggesting a robbery and execution-style killing, police said.''