On August 14, 1999, 19-year-old Nyesha Nettles was found murdered inside her apartment at 905 Neal Avenue in Dayton, Ohio. According to reports, she had been playing video games that Saturday afternoon when someone knocked at her door; that knock preceded an encounter that ended in fatal violence. The Dayton Police Department classifies the death as a homicide and investigators believe she was targeted while at home.

The case remains unsolved and is considered cold. There is a reported connection to another murder in the same apartment complex, which raised concerns about activity in the area at the time. Nyesha’s case appears on a cold case playing card deck distributed by the Ohio Attorney General to solicit tips. Anyone with information is asked to contact Miami Valley Crime Stoppers or the Dayton Police Department’s cold case line.