Timothy Richards, 34, was last seen on November 25, 1996, at the Lantern bar on West Pleasant Street in Springfield, Ohio. His red 1994 Ford Aspire was found abandoned five days later, on November 30, 1996, in the center parking lot of Snyder Park — a detail that investigators later treated as crucial.

On March 30, 1997, Richards’ body was located near the 18th tee at Snyder Park Golf Course, concealed beneath debris. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound, and authorities have classified his death as a homicide. The Springfield Police Department, with assistance from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, has kept the case open and included it in the state’s database of unsolved homicides.

Richards’ family remains without answers about what happened between his last sighting at the Lantern and the discovery of his body. Anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Snyder Park area or near the Lantern around late November 1996 is asked to come forward with information.