On the morning of May 22, 2016, 35-year-old Kenneth Sheldon Albert was found unresponsive on the living room couch of his Barnes Alley home in Cedartown, Georgia. A friend who noticed the front door ajar entered the residence and discovered Albert; he had been fatally shot. The Cedartown Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened a homicide investigation. Reports did not disclose specifics such as the number of times he was shot.

Family and friends described Albert as quiet and caring. Despite investigations and a $5,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest, no arrests have been announced and the case grew cold; the identity of any suspect or suspects has not been made public. If anyone knew Kenneth or has information about his death, please come forward.