On May 1, 1980, Minnie Bogan was found dead in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Her death has been classified as a homicide and the Dayton Police Department investigated the case. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation continue to list Bogan’s death among unsolved homicides as case number 429, and the investigation remains open more than four decades later.

Authorities note there have been no substantial leads that solved the case, and the passage of time has made locating potential witnesses and preserving evidence more difficult. The BCI and other agencies urge anyone with information, however small, to come forward to help bring closure to Bogan’s family.

Does anyone have details about Minnie’s life in Dayton or recall anything from around May 1980 that might help investigators?