Ceran Demetrious Lipscomb was 36 when he was found shot execution-style near a West End park in Cincinnati on August 1, 2014. A former athlete at Robert A. Taft High School, he worked for C.M. Staffing under contract with L’Oreal and played for the Southern Ohio Buckeyes semi-pro football team. He left behind five children, siblings, and his partner, Gianna Robinson.

Investigators concluded the killing was a contract murder motivated by financial gain; a teenager, Andrew Lavender, was convicted of carrying out the shooting. Lavender was 16 at the time and received a life-without-parole sentence, though an appeals court later granted him a new trial because of errors in the initial proceedings. It remains unclear who hired Lavender or ordered the killing.

Does anyone have information about who might have arranged the contract or other details about the case?