In the late summer of 1994 a young man’s body was found in a ditch in Suffolk, Virginia. The victim was identified as Garland L. Taylor Jr., a 24-year-old brickmason from Portsmouth who was married. His death on September 17, 1994, was reported as the ninth in a series of twelve homicides that shared a distinctive pattern: nude male victims left on rural roadsides.

A multi-agency task force that included local police, Virginia State Police, and the FBI investigated the string of killings. Investigators later arrested Elton M. Jackson in connection with the twelfth homicide, and he was convicted for the murder of Andrew D. Smith. Authorities named Jackson as the sole suspect in all twelve murders, but he was never formally charged in Taylor’s death due to insufficient evidence.

Anyone who knew Garland Taylor, his routines, workplaces, or who has information about his killing is asked to come forward.