On the afternoon of Monday, February 4, 2013, a grass-cutting crew in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward found the body of 26-year-old Anis Valentine on a lot near North Miro and Benton streets. Valentine, a man from Houston who was visiting the city, was determined by the Orleans Parish coroner to have died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators were unable to publicly identify a suspect or a motive, and no arrests have been announced. The case went cold and remains an open, unsolved homicide. For Valentine’s family and friends, the lack of answers has left a painful, ongoing search for closure.

If anyone was in the Lower 9th Ward on February 4, 2013, or has information about Valentine’s movements or contacts around that visit, please come forward to assist the investigation.