Robert Purcell, known as Jesse, was 40 when his body was found on an exit ramp in Stone Mountain, Georgia, in late May 2016. Purcell, a Marco’s Pizza employee who had been living in his car after falling into homelessness, was discovered in the vehicle he had been sleeping in on the Highway 78 westbound to Hugh Howell Road ramp. He died of a gunshot wound; coworkers had reported him missing after he failed to show up for a shift.

Investigators say the killing was a robbery. Purcell was shot in the chest by two men on the early morning of May 27, 2016; when he remained alive as they tried to move him, his head was slammed onto the pavement to ensure he died, then his body was placed in the trunk. Police arrested 18-year-old Tremaine Washington and 25-year-old Tye Roderick Stewart in the days after the murder. Items belonging to Purcell were recovered at Washington’s home, and Washington allegedly used the victim’s phone and vehicle in the days after the crime.

A jury later convicted Tremaine Washington of murder, felony murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault; he received two consecutive life terms without parole. Does anyone have information about Purcell’s final days or knew him at the restaurant where he worked?