Seventeen years after Devonté Franklin, a 16-year-old boy from Roxbury, was murdered on an MBTA bus in Dorchester, police are still searching for his killer.

“PLEASE someone knows who his killer is,” MBTA Transit Police said Tuesday in a post on X . “Devonte & his family deserve justice.”

17 years ago this month 16y/o Devonte Franklin was brutally murdered on an #MBTA bus in Dorchester. His murder remains unsolved. PLEASE someone knows who his killer is. Devonte & his family deserve justice. Call our CIU w/any info u have. U can remain anonymous. 617-222-1050. TY pic.twitter.com/52LodY4cre — MBTA Transit Police (@MBTATransitPD) December 10, 2025

Franklin was stabbed to death at around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2008 while aboard an MBTA bus. The bus was running on Route 28 and near

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