Damon Girard Smothers, a 31-year-old native of New Orleans, was killed on October 23, 2011. His death was investigated by the New Orleans Police Department, but the case suffered from limited physical evidence and difficulties in getting eyewitnesses to come forward.

Those investigative challenges mirror the broader pattern of unsolved violent crime affecting the city during that period and left his mother, Viola Smothers, and family without closure. No arrests or suspect identifications have been reported.

If anyone has information about Damon’s death or witnessed anything on or around October 23, 2011, please come forward to assist the investigation.