Larry Denton Nelson, 41, was found shot to death in his car behind the Tiki Club on East Apache in Tulsa on the morning of Saturday, July 5, 1986. An employee arriving for a 10:00 a.m. shift discovered the vehicle; investigators narrowed the time of death to between about 3:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. because the car was not in the lot at the earlier time. No identification was on Nelson when officers arrived, which initially delayed notifying his family and confirming his identity.

The investigation produced no publicly named suspects and no arrests. Motive and circumstances beyond the shooting remain unknown, and the case is listed as a cold case in the Tulsa Police Department files. Does anyone who was in the East Apache area that July 5th remember seeing Nelson’s car or anything unusual that morning?