Heather Dean was eighteen months old when she was found with serious head injuries at the bottom of the steps leading up to her home at 2013 1/2 Sullivant Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, on November 1, 1983. She was taken to Children’s Hospital and later died from those injuries. The death was ruled a homicide and the case remains unsolved and listed in Ohio’s cold case database.

The Columbus Police Department investigated the case and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation highlights it among unsolved deaths to raise visibility and encourage tips. No arrest or resolution has been announced in connection with Heather’s death. If anyone has information that could help identify who was responsible, please contact authorities.?