Lamar Carle Slay was 18 when he was killed on July 30, 1998, on 2517 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. His death is officially ruled a homicide and the case is listed among the city’s cold cases.

Details about the circumstances of the killing, including any suspects or persons of interest, have not been made public and no arrests have been announced. The case record describes Slay’s death as unresolved, leaving family and friends without answers about what happened that summer day.

If anyone has information about Lamar Slay, the location where he was killed, or the people he associated with in Knoxville in 1998, please come forward.