Lena Ranford, 33, was found murdered on September 23, 1999, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her body was discovered in a narrow alley at 1427 Monoque Alley in the Bond Hill neighborhood. She had been strangled and dumped, and the death remains unsolved.

The case is listed among the state’s unsolved homicides and the Cincinnati Police Department is seeking information. Lena’s children were very young when she was killed; her son, then sixteen, passed by the body on his way to school without initially realizing it was his mother. The family has kept the case active over the years, holding vigils and pressing for leads; investigators received new leads in 2019 but no arrest has been announced.

Anyone with information that could help bring justice for Lena and her family is asked to contact the authorities.