The case is Crime Stoppers of El Paso’s Crime of the Week.<\/p>\n
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Michael Terrell Jenkins, 38, was killed in a homicide in an apartment in the 8700 block of Lawson Street in the Angel’s Triangle in Northeast El Paso. His body was found on March 17, 2026.<\/p>\n
Detectives believe Jenkins was killed sometime in late February, Crime Stoppers stated.<\/p>\n
The death was not discovered until the afternoon of March 17, St. Patrick’s Day,<\/a> when El Paso police officers were dispatched on a call to check the well-being of a resident and found Jenkins deceased when they entered an apartment in the 8700 block of Lawson Street, police said.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough the investigation, we know that somebody has information on this case,” Crime Stoppers liaison Sgt. Javier Sambrano said in a statement. “Anybody with any details or any information that can help find the person responsible should call Crime Stoppers right away.”<\/p>\n Anyone with information may anonymously call\u00a0Crime Stoppers of El Paso<\/a>\u00a0at 915-566-8477 (TIPS).<\/p>\n ‘A spirit of kindness and respect’<\/p>\n Jenkins was originally from Columbia and Holly Hill in South Carolina, according to an obituary from the Shuler-Marshall Funeral Home<\/a> in Holly Hill.<\/p>\n During a celebration of life service video streamed by the funeral home on April 1, Jenkins was described as a person with a passion for music who had “a smile that could light up a room and a spirit of kindness and respect.”<\/p>\n An El Paso police officer stands guard as detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit investigate a man’s death in an apartment in the 8700 block of Lawson Street in the “Angel’s Triangle” of Northeast El Paso on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.<\/p>\n Crime: Homeless man dies after being assaulted, set on fire in El Paso<\/a><\/p>\n After high school, Jenkins attended college for a time and later joined the U.S. military, eventually ending up in El Paso.<\/p>\n “This is a rough one. And it’s rough because he was so young. It’s rough because it feels like he was snatched from us. But one thing I come to understand \u2014 and that\u2019s my topic for the day \u2014 that God writes our story,” a preacher said during the energetic, spirit-filled Southern service.<\/p>\n The preacher focused on Psalm 34:18: “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”<\/p>\n Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and\u00a0@BorundaDaniel<\/a>\u00a0on X.<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/275decff1895b01275f9520853bf1a74.jpeg\"\/)
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