In the summer of 1993, 27-year-old Ray Bostick, an African American man and unemployed truck driver, was found dead in a rural area of Chesapeake, Virginia. He had last been seen alive three days earlier in downtown Norfolk. On June 28, a passerby discovered his nude body on the side of Cook’s Mill Road; although no obvious injuries were visible at the scene, an autopsy later determined he had been strangled and that his body had been discarded several days after death.

Investigators linked Bostick’s killing to a series of similar unsolved homicides across the Hampton Roads region over the previous six years. Other male victims were often found nude in rural locations in Chesapeake, Suffolk and Isle of Wight County, and strangulation was a recurring cause of death. Many victims, including Bostick, had ties to the gay community and were known to hitchhike, prompting formation of a special task force and consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit. A police tip line was established but the investigation produced no public arrests or named suspects.

The case is regarded as cold, and the person or persons responsible remain unidentified. Does anyone have information about Bostick’s movements in late June 1993 or about similar deaths in the area?