Thomas Rolfes, 25, a Tulane University graduate, was shot and killed in New Orleans in the early morning hours of May 7, 2016. He and his fiancée, Liz Fried, had returned to the city and were planning their wedding. After a night out with friends, Rolfes was last seen leaving a bar alone and was later captured on surveillance buying water at a gas station. Around 4:30 a.m. he was found unresponsive at South Claiborne and Toledano Street with a gunshot wound to the chest and injuries on his hands consistent with a struggle.

Investigators initially believed the killing resulted from a robbery. Family and friends raised funds to increase the reward for information leading to an arrest. In December 2021 a grand jury indicted 44-year-old Ernest Weatherspoon on second-degree murder and armed robbery charges and he was arrested, but the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office later dismissed the murder charge, citing serious issues with the availability of a key witness and noting the case remains unresolved.

Does anyone who was in that area that night or who knew Thomas have information that could help move this investigation forward?