Nicholas Vardikos, an 84-year-old businessman, was found dead inside his Albany, Georgia, business, USA Restaurant Equipment, on June 30, 2020. An autopsy showed multiple gunshot wounds, and authorities investigated the death as a homicide; it was the sixth homicide in the Albany/Dougherty County area that year.

The case stayed unsolved for nearly three years. The Albany Police Department’s investigation eventually focused on someone close to Vardikos and concluded the killing occurred during an armed robbery. In July 2023 his 49-year-old daughter, Erelah Vardikos, was arrested and charged with murder, armed robbery, tampering with evidence, and conspiracy to commit a crime, and was held at the Dougherty County Jail pending further proceedings.

What did anyone who knew Nicholas or his business notice in the months before June 30, 2020?