On October 16, 2009, 31-year-old Carlos Romero-Franco was found shot in the face inside an apartment at 598 Harvard Street in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. Officers arrived at about 3:35 p.m.; Romero-Franco was pronounced dead at the scene and the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.

Police initially sought two unidentified suspects but no arrests were announced in the killing. Hours after Romero-Franco’s death, investigators uncovered a large-scale heroin operation at the same address and made a separate arrest; authorities seized heroin with an estimated street value of one million dollars, a firearm and cash. Officials did not confirm whether the drug trafficking was directly tied to the shooting.

The case remains an unsolved homicide and is listed as a cold case by the Boston Police Department. If anyone knew Carlos, was in the neighborhood that afternoon, or has information about activities at 598 Harvard Street, please share what is known.