Benjamin Davis, 62, was killed in San Diego on November 16, 2007. His death is one of dozens of homicides that year in the city, which totaled 64 by December and included incidents ranging from domestic violence to gang-related shootings.

Investigators in 2007 and in subsequent years faced heavy caseloads, limited witness cooperation, and often sparse physical evidence. The San Diego Police Department’s homicide unit used forensic tools such as DNA testing and worked with federal partners, but many cases from that period, including Davis’s, remain unsolved.

Davis’s killing is part of the city’s larger cold-case problem that has left families without closure. If anyone has information about Benjamin Davis or his death, please come forward to assist the investigation.