Freddie Gray

Freddie Gray, 25, suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in the back of a Baltimore Police transport van after his arrest on April 12, 2015, and died a week later. The city medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. Six officers were criminally charged, with counts ranging from misconduct in office to second-degree “depraved heart” murder. Four officers went to trial: three were acquitted by a judge and one trial ended in a hung jury. Prosecutors then dropped all remaining charges against the other officers in July 2016, securing no convictions. The U.S. Department of Justice separately reviewed the case and declined federal prosecution. No one has ever been convicted in Freddie Gray's death.

Baltimore, MD

• 2015: Case opens — victim reported missing or found.
• Documented milestones (renewed investigation, media coverage, family advocacy) to be added as sourced.
• Present: case remains unresolved. No named suspect has been convicted.

• Gray's arrest, the injury sustained in the police van, and his death a week later, per the Baltimore Police Department and the state's attorney's charging documents.
• The city medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
• Six officers — Caesar Goodson, William Porter, Garrett Miller, Edward Nero, Brian Rice, and Alicia White — were criminally charged in May 2015.
• Of the four officers who went to trial, three (Nero, Goodson, and Rice) were acquitted by Judge Barry Williams in bench trials, and one (Porter) ended in a mistrial after a hung jury.
• In July 2016, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby dropped all remaining charges against the other officers, stating she still believed the death was a homicide but could not secure a conviction.
• The U.S. Department of Justice reviewed the case for federal civil rights charges and declined to prosecute, per its own public statement.

• The specific point at which Gray's spinal injury occurred during transport, and which officer's actions or inaction caused it, was never established to a court's satisfaction in any of the trials.
• Whether the failure to seatbelt Gray in the van, as prosecutors alleged, was department policy in practice versus a documented violation specific to these officers, was disputed at trial.
• Full findings of the Montgomery County Police Department's internal administrative investigation, which recommended discipline for some officers, were not made fully public.

• U.S. Department of Justice — “Federal Officials Decline Prosecution in the Death of Freddie Gray”
• ABC News — “Charges Dismissed Against Baltimore Police Officers in Freddie Gray Case”
• NPR — “Baltimore Police promotes Alicia White, officer involved in Freddie Gray's death” (2024)
• Project Cold Case
• Murder Accountability Project
• NamUs