On a December day in 1993 in Lilburn, Georgia, 43-year-old Gabor Balogh was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking. Balogh had been leaving a liquor store and was backing his car out of a parking space when Michael Wade Nance, who had just robbed a bank in Tucker Federal Bank and was searching for a getaway vehicle after the stolen car was contaminated with red dye and tear gas, tried to take his car. When Balogh resisted, Nance shot him in the left elbow; the bullet ricocheted into Balogh’s chest and proved fatal.

Nance later engaged in a standoff with police and surrendered. A Gwinnett County jury convicted Nance of murder and initially sentenced him to death. His case then went through multiple appeals raising issues including a juror’s qualifications, claims of ineffective counsel, and evidence of a reduced mental state; at one point the death sentence was reversed and later reinstated.

Does anyone have additional details about Balogh’s life or witnesses to the carjacking that could shed more light on what happened?