More details about the Detroit neurosurgeon Devon Hoover’s brutal murder have come to light after investigators dig into his death. Meanwhile, people on social media are pondering if the late doctor was gay.

According to Hoover’s autopsy, he was shot twice before being dragged into the crawlspace of his house in the Boston-Edison Historic District. The killer shot him once behind his right ear and once in the back of the head. The 53-year-old’s body was hidden from plain sight when the police arrived at his mansion on April 23.

The authorities were conducting a welfare check at his house after the doctor failed to appear at a family event. Hoover was finally located in the crawlspace. At the time, he was wearing just one blue sock, according to the Free Press.

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Since then, an unnamed person of interest was arrested in the case and subsequently released.

Was Dr Devon Hoover gay?

Some of the members of a Facebook page, seemingly dedicated to finding justice for Hoover’s death speculated that the late doctor was gay.

A user named Sue Cain Basler wrote in an extensive post: “What I am about to say I am sure will be deeply criticized but this is what I truly believe. What we know We know Dr Hoover grew up in Indiana in a large conservative family. He was raised Medianite, an extremely conservative Christian denomination that does not believe in homosexuality. We know after college Dr Hoover choose to move away from his family and eventually choose Detroit to live in. We know he maintained a close relationship with his family.”

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She added: “We know he was a wonderful dr and kind to all. We know he helped many. Update apparently he did remain in the Melinite church. We suspect that he was homosexual and that this was known to some of his close friends. We do not know rather his family knew he was gay or not.

It was up to Dr Hoover to protect his family if he felt he needed to do so if was homosexual and he thought this might upset them. That was his responsibility, not ours. If he was engaging in dangerous things like picking strangers up it doesn’t matter rather he was gay or not this put him in danger and he was risking his life and taking a chance on his life ending in a terrible way and any secrets that he had coming out. He chose to do this not us. he did not deserve to die for it but he put his family at risk and their privacy as well as his own by doing so.”