Marion Estep Sr., a 76-year-old Pentecostal minister from Perry County, was found gravely wounded in his white 1994 Chrysler on the shoulder of the Hal Rogers Parkway near exit 56 on the afternoon of January 10, 2008. Hospital maintenance workers discovered him with the car hood propped up; he had been shot four times, once in the head and three times in the chest. He was taken for emergency surgery but died in the early morning hours of January 11.

Investigators found signs of a struggle inside the vehicle and Estep’s own gun beneath his body. Personal items including his license were scattered on the floorboard, and his Bible was missing. Estep, remembered as a longtime preacher who often gave rides to hitchhikers, had been visiting a son in Chavies earlier that day but drove away from home toward the opposite direction, which led family and some investigators to consider he may have been accompanying someone when the attack occurred.

No arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved. If anyone remembers seeing Estep’s white 1994 Chrysler, a man accepting a ride that afternoon, or has information about the missing Bible, please come forward.