On the morning of January 2, 2021, city workers cleaning Linn Park in Birmingham’s Central City found 56-year-old Chong Ku Hwang dead near the 700 block of 20th Street North, across from City Hall. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined Hwang died from injuries suffered in an assault, and Birmingham homicide records list his death as the city’s January 2 homicide in Linn Park.

Authorities said Hwang had lived in Birmingham since at least 2015 and may originally have been from Colorado. The coroner publicly appealed for help locating his family, and his name later appeared on the county’s unclaimed-persons listing, underscoring that no relatives had been found.

The case remains recorded in available local homicide references without a public resolution. Anyone who knew Chong Ku Hwang, his movements in Birmingham, or who might have information about the assault is asked to come forward.