Adler Berriman Barry Seal, 46, was gunned down on the evening of February 19, 1986, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a former commercial pilot who became involved in Medellín Cartel smuggling and later cooperated with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Seal was required by probation to sleep at a Salvation Army halfway house on Airline Highway. When he pulled his white Cadillac into the parking lot, a gunman with a suppressed MAC-10 opened fire, striking Seal in the head and chest; he died almost instantly in the driver’s seat.

Investigators quickly identified several Colombian nationals in connection with a half-million-dollar contract alleged to have been placed on Seal’s life. Six people were initially arrested; three men — Luis Carlos Quintero-Cruz, Miguel Velez, and Bernardo Antonio Vasquez — were later indicted on capital murder charges. Eyewitness testimony and fingerprint evidence from the getaway vehicle were important to the prosecution, and federal indictments named Medellín Cartel leaders Pablo Escobar and Jorge Ochoa as part of a murder conspiracy.

If anyone knew Seal’s movements in Baton Rouge that night or has information about the assassination, please share what is known.