Richard Joe Smiley Rodriguez was 23 when he was shot multiple times and killed on April 3, 2000, in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County coroner’s records list his death as a homicide.

The LAPD investigated, reviewing surveillance footage, canvassing the area and interviewing potential witnesses. Investigators encountered a lack of eyewitnesses and limited physical evidence at the scene, which hindered progress.

The case has had periodic reviews and advances in forensic technology have been explored, but it remains unsolved. Does anyone who lived in or around El Sereno in April 2000 remember anything that could help bring justice for Richard Rodriguez?