On June 30, 1980, a construction worker on Interstate 81 South in Pulaski County, Virginia, found a blue 1977 Chevrolet pickup parked on the shoulder. Inside the truck was 25-year-old Gary Nolen Romano, a White male, deceased from a single gunshot wound to the head. Both doors were closed and unlocked, and investigators concluded Romano had likely been shot while he was sleeping.

Latent fingerprints were lifted from the vehicle and several cigarette butts were collected from inside the truck. As of early 2023 those cigarette butts were reportedly undergoing DNA testing to try to develop a profile of a potential suspect. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made; the Virginia State Police continue to seek information that could break the case.

Did anyone in the Pulaski County area remember seeing that pickup or anyone near it around June 30, 1980?