On the night of Saturday, November 16, 1974, at about 10:15 pm, three gunshots and a car door slam were heard outside 440 S. Frio. Jesse Garcia’s wife then heard the front door open and a groan; she found her 28-year-old husband lying on the sidewalk, shot. Neighbors were alerted and EMS transported Garcia to Baptist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators traced Garcia’s location earlier that evening to a lounge called the Stands in the 600 block of W. Durango. As his wife walked to a neighbor for help she saw the shadow of an unknown man walking away. Over the years detectives developed several leads and suspects but say there has not been enough evidence to file charges.

Family members have contacted the SAPD Cold Case Squad seeking closure and ask anyone with information to contact the squad in the Homicide Unit at 207-7635. Did anyone who knew Jesse or who was in that neighborhood or at the Stands that night see or hear anything that might help?