Earl R. Ludlow, 68, was abducted from a party store in Temperance, Michigan, in March 1972 and shot three times in the head. His body was found off LaVoy Road; the killing was described as execution-style and remained a cold case for decades.

Investigators later connected Ludlow’s murder to a multi-state crime spree that left at least seven men dead. A primary suspect, Laurence F. Lamont, was already serving a lengthy Ohio sentence for kidnapping when Monroe County issued a murder warrant and extradited him to Michigan. Ludlow’s remains were exhumed after the original medical examiner had died, and a new autopsy ruled the death a homicide.

Lamont was charged in August 2013 with the murders of Ludlow and two other men, Frank Welzbacher and Joseph Satcher; in December 2013 he pleaded no contest to three counts of second-degree murder and in February 2014 received a life sentence. Another person linked to the spree, James Patterson, died in prison before facing charges for Ludlow’s killing.

Does anyone have memories of Temperance in 1972 or information that could shed light on the events surrounding Ludlow’s abduction?