Homicide Victim JDawg Ferguson Was Involved In Bad Lifestyle Choices, Including Consumption Of "Purple Drank"

Facebook photo from profile of JDawg Ferguson, 
used under First Amendment Fair Comment and
Criticism, blog post by John Hoff

JNS blog has linked the name of a recent victim of Northside homicide, Ju-Chaun Ferguson, to the Facebook profile of a guy who called himself "Jdawg Ferguson." Click here for previous article.

If Jdawg isn't dead, well, then a lot of his friends are mistakenly leaving tributes on his Facebook photos...

Tammy Jodi James, who hails from Kankakee, Illinois and describes herself as "Married Tuh A Boss" left the following tribute:

"He sent this picture to my phone. R.I.P. (Heart symbol)

In response, Kumup Teamcash of Minneapolis wrote, "R.I.P. to a real nigga."

The photo on which these comments were posted is below.

Note the red Converse sneakers. These appear to have been something of a trademark for JDawg.

Where did JDawg grow up? How did he end up dead in Minneapolis? It's not clear from his Facebook page. JDawg was in Tennessee not so long ago. He uploaded a number of photos from his phone and Facebook automatically noted the locations, including Memphis, Knoxville and Sevierville.

Here are some of the photos he uploaded from Tennessee.

At some point, Jdawg took a journey. He seemed to be headed toward Minneapolis. Two photos were taken at a bus station in Milwaukee.

He posted a total of six photos after the bus station photos were posted. One might assume these photos were taken in the Twin Cities, though the muted colors in one of the photos makes me think it could have been a photo hardcopy that was scanned. Also, I can't find any location clues that tell me exactly where the photos were taken.

Judge for yourself, JNS blog readers. Here are the "photos posted after the Milwaukee bus station photos." (The image of Jdawg sitting on the stairs, posted above, was another one of those images)

There is a series of pictures which show Jdawg preparing and consuming something called Purple Drank. Some months ago, this blog wrote a story where Purple Drank figured prominently in a South Minneapolis homicide, click here.

Note, in photos below, two of the elements of Purple Drank: Sprite and Jolly Ranchers. I don't need to guess whether Jdawg was consuming Purple Drank because, in one of the photos, he labels it as "Drank," which is the common term for a mixture of Sprite, Jolly Ranchers candy, and the drugs codeine and promethazine.

Jdawg took photos of wads of cash, which is common among young and urban men who are either in the drug game or would like everybody to THINK they are. Here is one of those photos.

Gee, not even enough to fix a car transmission. I'm just saying.

What was Jdawg doing in Minneapolis and why did somebody feel the need to kill him? I could keep on posting photos of his bad lifestyle choices and perhaps I will in the near future. God knows there are enough images for a Part Two.

For the moment, however, I will just note this.

The crime remains unsolved. His murderer is presumably still at large.