Rakesh Patel was 25 when he was killed during a robbery at his convenience store on Franklin Road in Marietta, Georgia, in January 1992. His death is described as the first killing in a violent crime spree that continued across Cobb County for about two and a half months.

The man identified as responsible was 21-year-old Ronald Freeman. After Patel’s killing, Freeman’s attacks reportedly included the murders of gas station manager Terri Waddell, who was shot and killed in front of her four-year-old daughter; Al-Tariq Shaheed, fatally wounded at an apartment complex; and 16-year-old Charles Chet Planchard III, shot during a robbery at a Burger King. Freeman was apprehended after being shot in the leg while fleeing and was tried and convicted; a juror recalled the Patel trial lasted two weeks.

Anyone who remembers Rakesh Patel, the Franklin Road store, or events from that crime spree is asked to share information that could shed more light on the case.