Jayvon Givan, who had left Kansas City to backpack through the country last year and was found dead inside a closed Albuquerque business. But his family only learned about his death recently, after his sister filed a missing person's report.

The Albuquerque Police Department is seeking an independent review of the hanging death last year of a Black man following a rally by community groups Monday night.

Jayvon Givan was found on September 17 last year hanging by a chain from a wall at a business closed for renovation, according to a police report from APD .

But his family only learned of his death recently when his sister, Jaivryon Walker, who lives in Kansas City, filed a missing person's report on Oct. 1 . She told police her brother left Kansas City over a year ago to backpack th

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