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On a November evening in 2005, 46-year-old Bill Fickel of Oakfield, New York, was shot dead after going out to meet a truck that had pulled into his rural driveway. Fickel had just returned from work at Time Warner Communications and stepped outside with his black Labrador, Bo, holding a flashlight and keys; the vehicle — described as a white or light-colored dual-wheel truck, possibly a one-ton pickup with a flatbed or small dump body and amber roof lights — then sped away.

Investigators found no clear motive. Family described Fickel as having few or no enemies, and probes into his personal and financial affairs turned up nothing to suggest a planned attack. Law enforcement’s working theory became that he was the victim of a random act of violence. His wife, Lisa, sought to keep the case visible, offering a $25,000 reward and getting the case on America’s Most Wanted.

A later suspect, Steven Rebert, who is serving life sentences in Pennsylvania for separate murders, has been identified by investigators and interviewed in prison, but has not confessed and prosecutors say existing evidence has not met the threshold for charges. No arrest has been made and the case remains unsolved. Does anyone who lived near Oakfield in 2005 remember seeing a white or light-colored dual-wheel truck that night?