DETROIT A mother is grieving the loss of her 23-year-old son more than 14 years after he was murdered in Detroit -- and police are still trying to solve the case. (They) told me they tried, but they couldnt save him, Linda Berry said. A sketch of the shooter suspected of killing Gavin Early on June 25, 2006. Meanwhile, Linda Berry says she constantly wonders how Gavins life would have turned out if this never happened. Now, Linda Berry says it is her dream to find out who murdered her son that night 14 years ago.