Anthony Nelson, a 34-year-old African American man, was found dead in his Miami apartment on October 20, 1982, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The Miami-Dade Police Department opened a homicide investigation; witnesses reported seeing a suspicious person near Nelson’s apartment the night of the killing, but no immediate arrests followed.

In 1985 new forensic techniques led to the identification and arrest of a 29-year-old Hispanic man, but charges were later dropped for lack of sufficient evidence. In the early 1990s a different witness pointed investigators toward a 42-year-old Caucasian man who was arrested and tried for first-degree murder; following a lengthy trial the jury acquitted him.

The homicide investigation remains open and unresolved. If anyone knew Anthony, his routines, associates, or saw anything near his apartment on October 20, 1982, please come forward with information.