Guide Note

Devaughndre Broussard, a former employee of Your Black Muslim Bakery, confessed to the 2007 murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey. However, in a 2008 interview on the TV show 60 Minutes, Broussard recanted his confession, saying he was forced to confess by his boss, Yusef Bey IV. Broussard also claimed to know the real killer's identity.¹

Fast Facts

1. Age: 20
2. Resides: Oakland, California
3. Occupation: Handyman
4. Said he would reveal the real murderer at his trial
5. Claims he was told that God was testing him and he needed to take the fall¹
6. Baily thought to be murdered to prevent an article about Your Black Muslim Bakery from being published¹
7. Baily given a posthumous journalism award¹
8. Bakery sells baked goods to benefit rehabilitating criminals