Sylvester Brunson, 49, was found fatally wounded after a stabbing at the intersection of Dearborn and Dudley Streets in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on July 27, 2009. Officers responded to a call for a person stabbed; Brunson was later identified and pronounced deceased. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death homicide and confirmed a sharp instrument was used.

The location, steps from a busy transit and commercial hub, drew a swift police presence that night, but public details about the incident are scant. No suspect description, motive, or arrest has been announced, and the case remained on the Boston Police Department’s list of unsolved homicides as investigators renewed public appeals in the months and years afterward.

Anyone who was in the Dearborn and Dudley area that night or who has information about Brunson’s killing is asked to contact the Boston Police Department.