Daniel Carpenter, 38, was found dead inside his Pleasant Valley home near Carriage Drive on the south side of Reno on September 14, 1979. Investigators described the scene as suggesting a violent death rather than a natural or accidental one, and narcotics and related paraphernalia were present in the residence. Carpenter lived at the address with his common-law wife.

In the hours around the killing at least one witness reported seeing a man at Carpenter’s home; that fleeting sighting was an early lead but never produced a named suspect. The investigation stalled and no one was arrested or charged. The case remains an unsolved homicide and the identity of the person responsible is still unknown.

Does anyone remember unusual activity in Pleasant Valley around September 14, 1979, or have information that could help finally identify who killed Daniel Carpenter?