As a child, Harry Titlow seemed like any other boy growing up in the Deep South: cute, happy, content.
During his grammar school years, Harry began to feel that something was very different about him.
The Orchard Hill section of Troy, Michigan, where Don Rogers lived with his wife, Billie Jean, was considered exclusive. (Photo courtesy of author)
Don Rogers spent most of his time at the home he shared with Billie Jean.
(Photo courtesy of author)
Don Rogers was a business owner and celebrated member of the Troy, Michigan, community, where he lived most of his life.
Billie Jean Rogers and her niece, Vonlee Nicole Titlow, spent most nights at the Motor City Casino in downtown Detroit, drinking and gambling. (Photo courtesy of author)
Don Rogers was found unconscious, not breathing, lying on his back, his legs crossed at the ankles, during the early-morning hours of August 12, 2000. Paramedics determined that he was dead.
(Photo courtesy of Troy Police Department Records Division)
Danny Chahine was Vonlee Titlow's boyfriend. After hearing a story that led him to believe that Don Rogers had not died of natural causesâbut might have been murderedâChahine sat down with police and told them what he had learned.
(Photo courtesy of Troy Police Department Records Division)