Vernon VB Burl Hopkins Jr. was 40 when he was shot and killed in his mobile home in Tulsa the night of January 12–13, 1990. Host of a party that evening, Hopkins was found lying on the kitchen floor the next day by a guest who thought he’d merely passed out; a different partygoer later called police after seeing him in the same position. Officers determined Hopkins had been shot once in the chest by a bullet fired through the front door sometime after midnight on January 13.

Investigators said they had multiple suspects early in the inquiry, but no arrests were ever made and the case went cold. The mobile home was at 6105 E. 28th Place North; Hopkins was a disabled Marine veteran. What did anyone at that party remember about people coming or going after midnight?