Roosevelt Netter, 52, was found shot multiple times on the patio of his home on Bluegress Drive in the Zion City area of Baton Rouge. The discovery came around midnight on October 3, 2017; emergency services pronounced him dead at the scene. Detectives from the Baton Rouge Police Department canvassed the neighborhood and searched for clues, but investigators did not publicly identify a motive in the immediate aftermath.

The case grew cold: no suspects were publicly named and no arrests were announced, and the homicide remains unsolved. The unanswered question of who shot Roosevelt Netter and why continues to affect his family and community. If anyone has information about Netter, his movements that night, or unusual activity in the Zion City neighborhood around October 3, 2017, please come forward.