Gordan Johnson was 33 when he was killed in late summer 2016. His body was found in a remote, grassy area behind a vacant house in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood near 57th Street after firefighters responding to a vehicle fire discovered the scene in the early morning hours of a Sunday in mid-August. The car, burning at about 6:30 a.m., had been recently purchased by Johnson; his family said they last saw him the preceding Friday. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner determined he died of gunshot wounds to the chest and upper left extremity and officially ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators at the time thought the killer or killers and whoever set the car on fire were familiar with that secluded location, suggesting planning and an attempt to conceal the crime. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the case has since gone cold, leaving motive and circumstances of Johnson’s final days unresolved.

Anyone who knew Johnson, his movements that week, or who has information about the Lawrenceville area scene is asked to come forward.