Michael Paul Acord, 53, was found in Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, with a gunshot wound and died soon after. He had spent most of his life in Augusta after being born in Berlin, Germany, and was a veteran of the United States armed forces. Friends and family remembered him as a good man who was full of life in online guestbooks and in obituaries published after his death.

The circumstances surrounding his final moments and the official findings of the investigation remain undisclosed.

If anyone knew Michael Acord or has information about what happened to him that spring, please come forward to share what you know.