In the pre-dawn hours of January 18, 1979, Garrett County Deputy Sheriff David G. Livengood was shot and killed while responding to a silent alarm at an army/navy discount store in Oakland, Maryland. He was 31, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and an eight-year member of the sheriff’s office. His K-9 partner, Sarge, was also killed in the same encounter.

Two men apprehended later that day near Morgantown, West Virginia — Roberto Rezek and Richard Tichnell — were identified in connection with the burglary and the fatal shooting. Both were convicted for roles in Deputy Livengood’s murder; Tichnell received a death sentence that was later commuted to life, and Rezek was sentenced to life. Decades of appeals followed, and the case’s legal history extended long after the killings.

Did anyone in the area in January 1979 notice activity around the army/navy store or recall anything about the suspects that could shed more light on the incident?