The Detroit mansion where a well-respected neurosurgeon was found shot to death this spring has hit the market.

On April 23, police found the naked body of Dr. Devon Hoover in a crawl space in the attic of his Italianate mansion during a welfare check, according to the New York Post. The spinal specialist had been shot twice in the back of the head and was wrapped in a plastic sheet.

Hoover lived alone and was reportedly single. Several days after his body was discovered, his car was found on the west side of Detroit.

The sprawling, seven-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom mansion in the Boston-Edison District was listed this month for $2.5 million. The historically landmarked Benjamin Siegel House was built in 1915 on more than 2 acres.

The main home spans more than 11,000 square feet and includes its own ballroom. There is a separate 1,300-square-foot carriage house with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and space for three cars. The property includes a greenhouse with a herringbone-patterned, brick floor.

Detroit-area real estate agent Tom Nanes, who is not affiliated with the property, expects the home will sell at a discount.

“It’s a big house and not everybody can afford it,” says Nanes, of Community Choice Realty. High mortgage rates, concerns about the economy, and a war in the Middle East are scaring off many buyers. “Right now, the market is bipolar. It’s all over the place.”

He anticipates the tragedy that transpired on the property will also scare off many potential buyers.

“This may be too soon for the creepy factor,” he says of the home going up for sale about six months after the brutal killing. “Some people like notoriety. Some people can’t deal with it.”

Hoover purchased the property in 2008 for $750,000, according to property records.

Detroit Police Chief James White recently said the department had a suspect and was “very confident” they would be able to provide justice for the doctor’s family.

Neighbors and friends spoke highly of Hoover, who worked at St. John Ascension.

“This man is nonconfrontational. He wouldn’t even evict a tenant who hadn’t paid in a year. This man had no enemies,” Hoover’s neighbor Jeff Cowin told ABC affiliate WXYZ.

Hoover’s mother died four days after he was killed.

“This is like a bad movie,” says Nanes.

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