MI - Neurosurgeon Dr. Devon Hoover, 53, found fatally shot during welfare check, Detroit, Apr 2023

[MrsWatson]

Neurosurgeon found shot dead at Detroit home during well-being check

A Michigan doctor has been found shot dead, sparking an investigation by Detroit police's homicide unit.

abcnews.go.com

The body of 53-year-old Devon Hoover was discovered when officers responded to a house for a well-being check on Sunday evening, Detroit police said.

 

[MrsWatson]

 

[MrsWatson]

Detroit neurosurgeon mysteriously found shot to death at home over the weekend

A 53-year-old neurosurgeon was found fatally shot at home over the weekend in Detroit after investigators were called to the residence for a wellbeing check.

lawandcrime.com

 

[blakels]

I am from the area, Dr Hoover performed 2 back surgeries on my wife. He was an absolute professional and highly regarded around the Detroit area. LE is being unusually quiet on this case and giving very little info.

 

[Sundog]

Detroit neurosurgeon killed, wrapped in sheet in attic of Boston-Edison home

Police conducted a welfare check at the doctor's Detroit home over the weekend, where they found him with a gunshot wound.

www.fox2detroit.com

According to Detroit police, officers were called to a home in the 100 block of W Boston Blvd for a well-being check. After entering the home, they found a 53-year-old man fatally shot.

Hoover was found wrapped in a sheet in the attic of his home with a single gunshot wound. Police also said his car was found dumped in a separate location.


ETA -- They said it could be tied to a domestic situation.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

(apropos of nothing... gulp, I lived very very very very very very close to this home in my early 20s.)

 

[MrsWatson]

Mystery looms around death of beloved Detroit neurosurgeon

Police found Devon Hoover, 53, dead from a bullet to his head on Sunday. Officers went to his home on a welfare check.

eu.freep.com

Police found Devon Hoover, 53, dead from a bullet to his head on Sunday. Officers went to his home in the Boston-Edison Historic District on a welfare check and discovered the deceased neurosurgeon.

Details surrounding the death are slim, although Detroit police have said homicide detectives are investigating.

 

[airportwoman]

I have a feeling authorities know exactly who did it, and why.

 

[DeDee]

I am from the area, Dr Hoover performed 2 back surgeries on my wife. He was an absolute professional and highly regarded around the Detroit area. LE is being unusually quiet on this case and giving very little info.

Former patients remember slain Detroit neurosurgeon​

 

[clearskies1]

I have a feeling authorities know exactly who did it, and why.

Agree. I think LE and prosecutor are getting their ducks in a row. JMO.

 

[MrsWatson]

Detroit doctor's body entombed in blanket, hidden in upstairs crawlspace: source

Investigators are trying to determine why a neurosurgeon would be shot and cocooned in a blanket in his Boston-Edison home, a police source said.

eu.detroitnews.com

After police were called Sunday to conduct a wellness check at the neurosurgeon's home in the 100 block of West Boston Boulevard, the source said officers found Hoover's body in the upstairs crawlspace, wrapped in a blanket.

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A funeral is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.

So the autopsy is already done, body released for burial? That seems fast, imo.

 

[JDG]

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwihsYGj_Mn-AhUOjIkEHcxsBZEQvOMEKAB6BAgNEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2023%2F04%2F26%2Fslain-surgeon-was-found-wrapped-in-sheet-after-domestic-incident%2F&usg=AOvVaw3J7vH9P4TrL1udZMLZ2J05

NY Post report.

The comments, rightly or wrongly, are interesting. IMO

 

[amandab]

Surely a house like this has security cameras installed; hoping whoever did this was caught on video.

 

[DeDee]

A car belonging to the respected Michigan neurosurgeon who was found dead and wrapped in a sheet in his ritzy Detroit home over the weekend was dumped at a different location — and authorities still haven’t revealed a suspect.

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However, his vehicle was mysteriously discovered abandoned on the city’s west side, Fox 2 reported. The exact whereabouts of the car were unclear.

Slain Michigan neurosurgeon Devon Hoover’s car discovered away from home

 

[Sundog]

A car belonging to the respected Michigan neurosurgeon who was found dead and wrapped in a sheet in his ritzy Detroit home over the weekend was dumped at a different location — and authorities still haven’t revealed a suspect.

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However, his vehicle was mysteriously discovered abandoned on the city’s west side, Fox 2 reported. The exact whereabouts of the car were unclear.

Slain Michigan neurosurgeon Devon Hoover’s car discovered away from home

Hopefully, his car has current technology and there will be some information that is significant to the case, as well as fingerprints or DNA of the most recent driver.

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[Sundog]

So the autopsy is already done, body released for burial? That seems fast, imo.

If it was a gunshot wound to the head, I suspect the autopsy wouldn't take very long, and with the body released for burial and services this Sunday, that is a full week. <modsnip>

JMO.

 

[DeDee]

Hopefully, his car has current technology and there will be some information that is significant to the case, as well as fingerprints or DNA of the most recent driver.

<modsnip>

<modsnip - quoted post was snipped> I believe he drove a Bentley.

Dr. Hoover's memorial service will be held at the exquisite

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament​

Pope John Paul II visited in 1987.
Home - Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament - Wikipedia

His obituary is incomplete as his family composes one. Tributes may be read here:
Devon A. Hoover, M.D. Obituary, November 18, 1969 - April 23, 2023

 

[clearskies1]

If a plastic sheet was used, it may mean there was some planning -- although not definitely.

"Hoover’s lifeless body was found wrapped up in a plastic sheet with a single gunshot wound to the head." Police Find Neurosurgeon Slain in Disturbing Crime Scene

 

[Howl]

The body was found in an attic crawlspace? I wonder what led police to actually find the body in such an obscure space in a very large house. Maybe cadaver dogs led them there. How much time lapsed before he was last seen alive and the well-being check was called in?

 

[clearskies1]

The body was found in an attic crawlspace? I wonder what led police to actually find the body in such an obscure space in a very large house. Maybe cadaver dogs led them there. How much time lapsed before he was last seen alive and the well-being check was called in?

Speculating ... blood trail or odor? Wonder if they recovered his cell phone. Even if they don't have the physical phone the cell phone carrier will have records that may help. JMO.