Melvin Murray, 47, was fatally shot on February 24, 1975, while working at a market at 562 North High Street in Blacklick, Ohio. The shooting occurred during what investigators believe was a robbery; the assailant or assailants fled and left few immediate leads. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation with support from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI).

The homicide remains unsolved and is listed in the Ohio Attorney General’s cold case database. BCI and local law enforcement continue to publicize the case in hopes of generating tips that could move the investigation forward and bring closure to Murray’s family. If anyone has information that could assist investigators please contact the authorities. Would anyone who remembers that market or who may have information from that time step forward to help this case?