Melvin W. Perry, a 40-year-old Black man from Selma, Alabama, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside his vehicle on a rural Autauga County road on October 1, 2017. The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and, within a couple of weeks, arrested three men in connection with the killing: Martavious Moore, Jermarius Ty’rese Powell, and Malik D’shaun Brown. Authorities said the slaying was linked to an attempted robbery.

Court action followed and by April 2019 the case had moved through trial proceedings: one defendant entered a guilty plea and two co-defendants were later sentenced for their roles.

Anyone with information about Perry, the events on October 1, 2017, or the rural road where his vehicle was found is asked to come forward. How can readers who knew Perry or saw something that day help investigators?