On September 4, 1983, 20-year-old Darren Reed Walker was working at the Exxon Service Station in Bastian, Bland County, Virginia, with 25-year-old coworker Steven Patrick Shinault when a robbery turned deadly. Both men were found shot three times each with two different caliber firearms in the station’s utility room; they were discovered by Virginia State Police responding to a reported robbery at 11:10 a.m. and were lying face down. About $500 was taken from the emptied cash register.

Witnesses described a rusty, possibly blue, four-door car with New York license plates leaving the scene toward Wytheville. Composite sketches of two male suspects were produced, but the offenders were never identified and the case eventually went cold. The investigation remains open with the Virginia State Police.

If anyone knew Darren, his work at the station, the vehicle seen that morning, or has information about the two suspects, please come forward.