John David Traylor, 57, of Garland, Texas, died on January 25, 2017. His death was investigated as a murder by the Garland Police Department, with the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office involved to determine the official cause of death.

Born July 31, 1959, in Kingsville, Texas, Traylor served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper and later worked in environmental and logistics roles. He had returned to Garland to be closer to family and was employed at the Sears Distribution Center there. Friends and colleagues remembered him fondly.

Does anyone have information about John Traylor’s life in Garland or about the case that could help investigators?