William James, a 35-year-old African American man from Bloomfield, New Mexico, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on February 19, 2000. San Juan County deputies reported multiple blunt force injuries at the scene and asked the New Mexico State Police and the FBI to assist because forensic evidence at the scene was limited.

Investigators identified Robert Fry, then 26 and from Farmington, as a potential suspect. Witnesses placed Fry near the scene that night and convenience-store surveillance footage reportedly shows him buying items shortly before the estimated time of the homicide. Fry has a history of violent convictions in the region, including convictions for murders of Donald Tsosie, Joseph Fleming, Matthew Trecker and, in 2000, Betty Lee; those cases resulted in multiple life sentences and, in one instance, an original death sentence later reduced to life without parole.

The investigation into James’s death remains open. Does anyone have information about William James, his movements on February 19, 2000, or Fry’s whereabouts that night?