Archie Johnson was 39 when he was murdered at his Columbus apartment, 3245 Sullivant Avenue, Apartment E, on August 12, 1993. He suffered blunt-force head trauma after being struck with a baseball bat; a fire was also set during or after the assault. Those combined injuries proved fatal.

The Columbus Police Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have kept the case open as a cold case. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office lists Johnson’s homicide in its statewide unsolved homicides database. No arrests have been made and investigators report no confirmed leads.

If anyone has information about what happened at 3245 Sullivant Avenue on August 12, 1993, please contact the Columbus Police Department or the Ohio BCI.