Eric Maxwell was 26 when he was killed in Dayton, Ohio, on April 21, 1997. The death is recorded as a homicide in Montgomery County, and the Dayton Police Department has led the investigation. No arrests or significant leads have been reported publicly, and the case remains unsolved and listed among 1997 homicide victims remembered in the county.

The case is on the cold case list maintained by the Ohio Attorney General’s office, with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation involved in efforts to generate new leads and public interest. Authorities continue to encourage anyone with information about Eric Maxwell’s death to come forward to help advance the investigation.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Eric Maxwell around April 1997 or notice anything unusual that night?