Bruce Cucchiara, 57, a successful businessman from Covington, Louisiana, was shot and killed on the morning of April 24, 2012, in the parking lot of the Mark VII apartment complex in New Orleans East. He had gone there after being given an incorrect address while looking into an investment property and was shot as he walked back to his truck. His wallet and phone were missing from the scene and there were signs someone had tried to access his Apple ID.

The New Orleans Police Department has classified the death a homicide. A suspect sketch was released early in the probe but did not produce an arrest. Investigators later disclosed that Cucchiara carried multiple life insurance policies totaling $5 million. In November 2021 police publicly named Richard Chambers and Joyce Whitfield as persons of interest and said Cucchiara’s cell phone turned up in Whitfield’s possession weeks after the killing. No arrests have been announced and the case remains an open investigation.

Did anyone in New Orleans East or Baton Rouge know Cucchiara, Chambers, or Whitfield, or see anything unusual around the Mark VII complex that April morning?