Jackson Jones was a 35-year-old Yellow Cab driver who was killed in San Diego on April 27, 1992. He was dispatched at about midnight to pick up a fare from an apartment on 60th Street in the El Cerrito neighborhood and was not heard from after that call. About thirty minutes later a passerby flagged down an officer and reported a taxi with its driver slumped over the wheel at 4100 Colts Way, less than a mile from the pickup location.

Officers found Jones in the driver’s seat with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say he was likely shot during an attempted robbery; witnesses reported seeing a man leave the cab after the shooting and run off on foot. Detectives checked occupants of the apartment that had requested the fare but found no known connections to the killing, raising the possibility the address was used to lure Jones to the area.

The San Diego Police Department has continued to seek public help and has offered a reward for information leading to an arrest, but the case remains unsolved and sits in the city’s cold case files. If anyone knew Jackson, saw activity around 60th Street or Colts Way that night, or has information that could help, please come forward.