Matthew John Pierro, a 21-year-old white male, was found dead on April 10, 1982, in Lake Mary, Florida. His body showed a stab wound to the heart and extensive lacerations; he had been last seen leaving a gay bar in Orlando on the night of his death. The killing was described as a targeted and brutal assault and remained officially unsolved.

Investigators later linked the homicide to Richard Westall Rogers Jr., a former surgical nurse who became known as the Last Call Killer, because Pierro’s death shared features with other murders tied to Rogers: victims who were gay men, sharp force trauma, and disposal of bodies in remote or public areas. Rogers was not charged in Pierro’s death. Prosecutors later sought to introduce Pierro’s case as evidence of Rogers’ modus operandi in a separate trial, but the court had not ruled on admissibility as of the last reporting.

No arrest has been announced in Pierro’s homicide; the case remains open. If anyone knew Matthew, saw him the night he left the Orlando bar, or has information about his killing, please come forward with what was observed.