Frank Thames was found dead at his home, 2243 Orange Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, on December 20, 1979.

The killing occurred during a winter of increased violent crime in Knoxville. Investigators opened a homicide investigation, but limited forensic tools at the time and a lack of breakthroughs left the case cold. No suspects were publicly identified and no arrests were made.

Frank Thames’s death remains an unsolved homicide on the city’s files. Does anyone with memories of Knoxville in 1979 or knowledge of Orange Avenue then have information that could help clarify what happened?