Anthony Thomas, a 31-year-old African American man, was found dead on July 31, 2016, inside his vehicle in the rear parking lot of a club at 3352 Old Spanish Trail in Houston. Early findings by the Houston Police Department indicated foul play, and an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined he had been strangled to death.

The case remained unsolved for several years with no arrests or major leads reported. In October 2023 Anthony Franklin, a 51-year-old man, was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with Thomas’s death; he was booked into the Harris County Jail. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or other investigative details, and both the Houston Police Department and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are conducting inquiries.

What can readers who knew Anthony or who were in that area on July 31, 2016 add that might help the ongoing investigation?