Roland Ridenour was 18 when he was found shot dead in Columbus, Ohio, on the night of December 4, 2013. Police discovered his body inside a car parked behind an apartment complex on Belcher Drive after a patrol spotted the vehicle around 10:30 p.m. Ridenour was unresponsive and had a gunshot wound to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The killing was counted as Columbus’s 88th homicide for 2013, in a year marked by unusually high violence. Investigators initially struggled to establish the circumstances, motive, or identify suspects, and the case remained unsolved as police sought help from the public. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.