The Root reported that Crawford's passing is the latest in an unusual trend of Ferguson-affiliated protestors turning up dead in vehicles. Deandre Joshua, 20, was the first to be found
shot in a parked vehicle in 2014. Deandre's body was found in the same apartment complex where Michael Brown lived, and the case remains an open
homicide investigation. His grandmother told
USA Today that she has little hope in the police investigating his case. "The police don't care," she
said, "He's black."
Additionally,
Darren Seals, an vocal activist who spoke about the social issues in Ferguson and the St. Louis community,
was found dead on September 6, 2016 from a gunshot wound inside of a vehicle, which was also set on fire.