Phillip Mitchell, a 20-year-old African American man, died on September 13, 1973, in New York City after what was long presented as a fatal fall from a roof. He had been inside an apartment at 203 West 91st Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side when the encounter with Waldo Grant turned violent. Grant later admitted Mitchell was struck in the head with a lead pipe; Mitchell’s body was then taken to the roof and thrown into a rear yard below in an effort to stage the death as a fall.

Reports say a claim that Mitchell demanded money after sex and searched Grant’s belongings has been described as unsubstantiated. The case did not close in 1973 and remained unresolved until later developments linked Grant to multiple killings.

Does anyone have information about Mitchell, his movements that day, or the apartment at 203 West 91st Street?