Joshua Hadra, 22, was fatally shot on September 23, 2017, in the parking lot of the Mini Mart convenience store in Puryear, Tennessee. The Henry County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Puryear Police Department jointly investigated the killing.

Within days authorities identified two suspects and made arrests. Phillip Nelson, then 19, was initially charged with first-degree murder; Ralph Vulpitta, then 30, was originally charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. A Henry County grand jury later indicted Phillip Lee Nelson on first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Vulpitta’s indictment was later reduced to possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver.

Surveillance footage from the Mini Mart was entered in court records showing Nelson getting into a car with Hadra, gunshots heard, Nelson exiting the vehicle and leaving in a different car. Nelson pleaded guilty in May 2018 to an amended charge of second-degree murder, was sentenced to 25 years, and the remaining charges against him were dismissed. Hadra had a firearm in the vehicle that was unloaded.

Did anyone in Puryear see Joshua that night or notice the cars captured on the Mini Mart cameras?