Mussa Albarr was 28 when he was killed at his Akron, Ohio, home on West Thornton Street on March 7, 1977. According to reports, Albarr got out of bed to check the electricity after a power outage, went down to the basement, and was found there with a fatal gunshot wound by a roommate who had investigated a noise.

The Akron Police Department investigated but the killing remains unsolved and no suspects have been identified. The case is listed in Ohio’s cold case database and is included in the Ohio Attorney General’s cold case initiatives as authorities seek new tips.

If anyone has information about what happened that night—no detail is too small—please contact the Akron Police Department or the Ohio Attorney General’s cold case unit.