Partial human remains found behind a machine shop in Twinsburg, Ohio, on February 18, 1982, were long unidentified until December 2021, when the DNA Doe Project matched them to Frank Little Jr, known as Frankie Little Jr. A Cleveland native born in 1943, he was a guitarist and songwriter for The O’Jays during the 1960s before leaving the band and returning to Cleveland, where he apparently lost contact with family and former bandmates.

The remains showed blunt force trauma and had been dismembered before being placed in garbage bags; the Summit County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide. Employees at the machine shop first found his skull among metal shavings and, after notifying law enforcement, more body parts were recovered. Detectives suspect Frankie may have died in the late 1970s, but how he came to be in Twinsburg and who was responsible are still unknown. Twinsburg police say the investigation remains active.

Did anyone who knew Frankie in Cleveland or during his time with The O’Jays have contact with him after he left the band or recall his whereabouts in the late 1970s?