Elegy for Detroit

Scenes from interlocking murders and a city's long, hard fall. —Danny Wilcox Frazier/Redux

Elegy for Detroit: A Photo Essay

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For several weeks, photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier accompanied Charlie LeDuff around Detroit as he investigated the sad series of murders and scandals that culminated in the killing of Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Together they documented the neglect and decay afflicting the city's East Side. The title of the piece is What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones, but the question it is trying to answer is: What Killed Detroit?

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