Ted Albin Honning, 62, of Columbia, Tennessee, was found dead on October 15, 2020. Investigators determined he had been shot once in the hip and twice in the head with a 30-40 Krag rifle described as a family heirloom dating to the Spanish-American War. His body was wrapped in a carpet and dog food bags before being discovered.

The Maury County Sheriff’s Office charged James Adam Boyd in connection with the killing. Boyd initially claimed self-defense; a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and evading arrest on December 15, 2022. He faces the possibility of life in prison.

If anyone knew Honning, Boyd, or observed anything in Columbia around October 15, 2020 that might shed further light on the case, please share what is known with the authorities.