Gary Leon Bell, 62, was shot dead on a Northside Jacksonville sidewalk on October 21, 2014, while walking to work for Republic Services. Reports describe the killing as random and brutal; Bell was approached by occupants of a passing vehicle, one of whom distracted him and the other who shot him in the head and rifled through his pockets.

Investigators treated the death as a thrill killing. Arsenio Javon Doby James, 28, later confessed, saying he killed Bell to experience killing. A co-defendant, Timothy Deshon Webster, told police James asked him if he had ever seen anyone bluzed, then pulled over; Webster had distracted Bell by asking to borrow his cellphone. James pleaded and received a 35-year prison sentence; Webster’s case was pending at the time of that plea.

Bell is remembered by family and friends as a loving father and grandfather and a long-time Republic Services employee. Does anyone have information about Bell’s final walk that could help fill gaps in the timeline or offer leads?