Lawrence Edward Mills was 43 and lived in Griffith, Indiana when he was killed on October 30, 1990 during a series of shotgun slayings that struck northern Indiana in the autumn of 1990. The spree, later labeled the Shotgun Killer cases, included seven victims killed by shotgun blasts between October and December of that year.

Early witness descriptions described a clean-shaven, slender white man with long, stringy brown hair, but the investigation moved in a different direction after the January 29, 1991 arrest of Christopher Dwayne Peterson of Gary, Indiana, who had been on unauthorized leave from the Marines and was arrested following a robbery and an attempted murder. Peterson initially confessed, later recanted alleging duress, and his arrest also implicated Ronald J. Harris in two of the killings. Peterson was convicted of four murders and sentenced to death, later commuted to 120 years; Harris was convicted in two murders and given 90 years.

The case record highlights a marked discrepancy between the initial witness descriptions and the two men who were ultimately convicted. Does anyone have information about Lawrence Mills, his movements in late October 1990, or connections that could shed light on that discrepancy?