Larry Whitson, a 50-year-old Black American man, was found dead inside his Birmingham residence in the 1500 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue on July 21, 2007. Police determined he had suffered fatal stab wounds and that his body showed he had likely been dead for several days, so the exact date of the killing could not be established. Acquaintances had last seen him alive on July 17, 2007, suggesting the homicide occurred sometime between July 17 and July 21.

Investigators publicly reported no identified motive, no confirmed witness account of the fatal encounter, and no publicly disclosed information about forced entry, recovery of a murder weapon, or forensic leads. By October 2012 the case was still unsolved and the Birmingham Police Department and Crime Stoppers renewed an appeal for tips, asking anyone with information about Whitson’s activities or the stabbing to come forward.

Did anyone in the Birmingham area know Larry or notice anything suspicious near his home between July 17 and July 21, 2007?