Calvin R. Shafer was 29 when he was found lying in the roadway on Ball Camp Pike in Knoxville on October 7, 1983. He had been shot once at the base of the neck and once in the head. Despite the severity of his wounds he was reportedly conscious when help arrived and said he knew who had shot him, though he never named anyone.

A trail of blood led from the scene back about forty yards to Shafer’s white frame house. A witness who shared the residence told investigators Shafer used and sold drugs and that someone came to the back door around 9:30 a.m. Shafer went with that person into another room and the door was shut; the witness said two gunshots followed. Afterward the witness later saw Shafer lying in the road with several people standing nearby.

The minutes between the closed door and Shafer’s collapse have not been publicly resolved. Does anyone have information about Shafer’s circle, the house on Ball Camp Pike, or that morning in 1983?