Ralph Leslie Johnson, 60, was found dead on November 18, 1989, in a restroom in the parking area at Dow Lake Dam in Athens County, Ohio. Deputies responded after a call to the Athens County Sheriff’s Office and discovered Johnson deceased at the scene. At the time he died Johnson worked for and had been a co-owner of the Athens Flower Shop on East State Street, a long-established local business.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has classified his death as a homicide, and BCI and local law enforcement continue to list the case among unsolved cold homicides. The specifics of how Johnson came to be at Dow Lake that day and what happened in the restroom remain unclear. Anyone who knew Johnson, his routines, or who was in the Dow Lake area on November 18, 1989, is asked to contact investigators with possible information.