John Baida was 19 when he was found murdered in Brooklyn on February 5, 1984. He was one of three men—Baida, Richard Richie DiNome, and Frederick Seiden—discovered shot to death in DiNome’s living room; the killings appear to have been carried out the day before, on February 4, 1984, using an automatic weapon.

Investigators quickly focused on organized crime links. DiNome was a former member of the DeMeo Crew, a violent faction tied to the Gambino crime family, and is believed to have been the primary target because he knew incriminating details about the crew’s activities. Baida and Seiden are reported to have been killed as witnesses to DiNome’s execution.

The case went cold; authorities did not develop enough evidence to identify or charge suspects, and no one has ever been brought to justice for these deaths.