On the night of January 18, 1979, Park Police Officer Harry Wilcox, 69, was found dead in a Warner Park restroom in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had been shot twice in the head with his service weapon after patrolling on foot; he had served with the Chattanooga Police Department for 32 years. Colleagues first raised the alarm when a portion of the park that should have been secured by Wilcox was left open.

A suspect, Steven Green, was later arrested on an unrelated charge and subsequently charged in Wilcox’s murder. During court proceedings Green was found incompetent to stand trial, and the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals concluded the evidence overwhelmingly supported that he was insane at the time of the offense, precluding a traditional trial and conviction.

The case remains a painful, unresolved loss for the department and community. Does anyone have memories of Officer Wilcox or information about Warner Park on that night?