Lottie Mae Thompson, 31, was found slain inside her Syracuse apartment on May 31, 2004. The violence left little doubt it was a deliberate killing rather than an accident or sudden illness. Her death occurred in a West Onondaga Street building on the city’s West Side where she lived. She grew up in Syracuse, attended Fowler High School, and was connected to St. Lucy’s Church. Thompson’s death left three children and close relatives to identify her belongings and cope with the sudden loss.

Investigators focused quickly on Nicholas L. Wiley, who was living in the same building. Police treated Thompson’s killing as linked by method and circumstance to other violence in the same location and period. A jury in Onondaga County Court convicted Wiley in October 2006 on murder and weapons charges tied to the killings, and an appellate court later upheld those convictions. Wiley was held responsible for Thompson’s killing as part of the group of murders for which he was convicted.

Does anyone who knew Lottie or her family have additional details about her life or the period leading up to May 31, 2004?