On the morning of February 24, 2008, 22-year-old Ociel Sanchez stepped outside his apartment at 9733 East 33rd Street in east Tulsa to take out the garbage. Around 10:30 a.m. a stranger approached him in the complex courtyard and, according to contemporaneous accounts, shot him once in the abdomen. Sanchez died that same day just steps from his home.

Investigators treated the killing as a likely robbery attempt that escalated into violence rather than a targeted assassination. Early reports said detectives were exploring whether the attacker issued demands and whether a language barrier played a role, and police canvassed the area for witnesses and the shooter’s path.

Did anyone who was in that apartment complex on the morning of February 24, 2008 see something that could help bring answers for Sanchez’s family?