On the morning of January 17, 2020, sanitation workers in the Parkland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, found the body of 37-year-old Edward Eddie L. Fant III tucked in an alley near Hale Avenue. The Jefferson County Coroner’s office ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound. The location was less than a hundred feet from Muhammad Ali’s childhood home, and residents noted the tragic irony that the discovery fell on what would have been Ali’s 78th birthday.

Louisville Metro Police opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the area, and appealed to the public for information, but no arrests have been announced. Fant is survived by his parents Shirley Moore and Edward Leroy Fant Jr., and his siblings Terrance and Dawnya Fant; his family held a funeral service at Shiloh Baptist Church.

What information might help investigators bring Edward Fant III’s killer to justice? If anyone knew him or saw activity near Hale Avenue that morning, please come forward.