Alan Lapash Sr., 61, was assaulted on November 12, 2014, while out for a walk with his adult son near a city park at 2620 Oakdale Avenue in Lorain, Ohio. Three men on foot approached; one feigned a handshake, then grabbed the son and pulled him in, and all three attacked both men. A nearby resident intervened and chased the suspects off, but Alan suffered severe head injuries and remained in a coma until he died of those injuries on September 12, 2015.

The Lorain Police Department investigated the attack and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted. The attackers were never identified and the case remains an unsolved homicide. Anyone who remembers the encounter, saw suspicious activity near 2620 Oakdale Avenue that day, or has information that could help identify the three men is asked to contact Lorain law enforcement.