Willie Boyd was 31 when he was found dead in Montgomery County on July 30, 1975. His death is still listed as an open homicide by the Ohio Attorney General.

Boyd’s death occurred during a turbulent period in Dayton when a serial attacker known as The Shotgun Slayer, Neal Long, carried out a series of racially motivated shootings between 1972 and 1975 and was arrested in September 1975. It is unclear whether Boyd’s homicide was connected to those crimes or to other factors.

Anyone with information about Willie Boyd, his last movements, or the circumstances of his death is asked to contact the Dayton Police Department or the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.