Michael Zeno, 38, was found dead in East Oakland, California, on February 19, 2008. His killing was counted among 115 homicides in Oakland that year and is described as part of a particularly violent period that hit nonwhite and economically challenged neighborhoods especially hard.

Investigators faced the familiar obstacles that have hampered many Oakland homicide cases: community violence, few willing witnesses, and limited cooperation with law enforcement. No suspect was immediately apprehended, and the case became one of many unsolved homicides from that period despite public appeals and advocacy efforts calling for more attention and resources.

Did anyone in the East Oakland community at the time have information that could help bring clarity to Michael Zeno’s death?