William Doyle Payne, known as Doyle, was 62 when he was found stabbed to death inside his apartment at the Delta Apartments, 806 Green Avenue, Apartment 42, in Greenville, South Carolina on January 24, 1998. He worked as the on-site maintenance man for the complex and lived alone in the same building, a modest and solitary life that left few obvious personal leads in the investigation.

No suspect has ever been publicly identified, and no arrests, charges, trials, or convictions are reported.

The Greenville Police Department’s Cold Case Unit later highlighted Payne’s case among other unsolved homicides and continues to list it as an open investigation. If anyone knew Doyle, frequented the Delta Apartments in 1998, or has information about who might have entered Apartment 42 that January, please contact the Greenville Cold Case Unit or Crime Stoppers.