On the evening of Wednesday, May 21, 2008, a passerby in Memphis, Tennessee, reported a suspicious vehicle parked behind a house at 79 E. Dover, just north of Person Avenue. Responding officers found 57-year-old Russell Smith slumped in the front seat of his maroon 1994 Buick LaSabre with fatal gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators have considered robbery as a possible motive, but no arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced. The Memphis Police Department’s Homicide Bureau continues to list the case as unsolved and is asking anyone with information to contact them.

If anyone witnessed activity near E. Dover on May 21, 2008, or has information about the maroon 1994 Buick LaSabre, please share what is known with investigators.