James Stulka was last seen alive on August 13, 1998 at 4:30 P.M., leaving his employer Coopers Entronics (Rolls Royce) in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Nine days later, on August 22, 1998, Coshocton County deputies responding to a report of an abandoned vehicle off Bedford Township Highway 57 found Stulka dead in the locked rear trunk compartment of that vehicle.

The Franklin County Coroner determined Stulka died from gunshot wounds to the head and ruled the death a murder. Anyone with information is asked to leave a tip or contact the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 855-BCI-OHIO (224-6446) or the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office at 740-622-2411.

Did anyone in Mount Vernon or along Bedford Township Highway 57 see Stulka’s vehicle or anything suspicious around mid-August 1998?