Odilon Vargas was 36 when he was found dead from a gunshot wound on July 21, 2007, at 3803 Sullivant Avenue in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. The Columbus Police Department investigated the shooting, but the case remains unsolved and is considered a cold case.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have been involved in efforts to keep attention on unsolved homicides like Vargas’s and to solicit tips from the public that might advance investigations. No suspect or motive has been publicly identified in connection with the killing.

If anyone has information about Odilon Vargas, no matter how small it may seem, please contact the Columbus Police Department or BCI to help bring answers to his family.