Julio Cesar Valdes-Vivas, 23, was shot and killed on December 8, 2017, at a home at 5103 Rossmoor Drive in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville Metro Police classified the death as a homicide and recorded it among the city’s open murder investigations for 2017.

Those who knew him remembered Julio as a hardworking man employed in quality control at Sabert Corporation and as a devoted father to two young children, Cesar Gabriel Valdes Cordero and Crystal Anabell Valdes Cordero. Family members named in notices include his parents, Jorge Luis Valdes and Deysi Vivas Valdes, and siblings. Funeral arrangements through Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services – Hardy Chapel noted his choice of cremation, and online tributes describe him as sweet, caring, and a super dad.

If anyone has information about the shooting at 5103 Rossmoor Drive on December 8, 2017, please come forward.