George L. Groves was 46 when he was found murdered in his apartment at Sherwood Forest West in Columbus, Ohio, on August 6, 2000. Friends who discovered him found he had been both beaten and stabbed, a brutal crime that shocked the local community.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are handling the case, which remains unsolved and is listed among Ohio’s cold cases. Investigators are asking for tips that might identify a perpetrator or clarify a motive; authorities hope community information and advances in forensic techniques could eventually provide answers for Groves’s loved ones.

If anyone knew George, his routines, visitors to his Sherwood Forest West apartment, or has information about that night, please contact the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office with what you know.