Jerry Jackson Jr., age 17, was killed on September 18, 1985, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. His death remains unsolved and is listed among cold homicides maintained by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

Authorities have publicized the case and appealed for community tips to help identify those responsible. Jerry was buried at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, where family and friends remember him.

If anyone has information about Jerry’s death or remembers anything from September 1985 in Dayton that could help investigators, please contact the Ohio BCI.