Donnie Ashford, 55, was shot and killed on August 23, 2007, in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham. He was outside his flatbed tow truck at the intersection of Avenue Z and 29th Street when the shooting occurred, turning a routine stretch of street into a homicide scene attended by officers and investigators.

Investigators focused on a single suspect, Deverargray Miller, who was arrested and prosecuted for the killing. Miller was convicted of murder and given a life sentence. That conviction was later appealed to Alabama’s Court of Criminal Appeals, which upheld the verdict and left the life sentence in place. The case narrative does not include a clear motive for why Ashford was shot at that location, nor does it consistently identify other suspects.

If anyone knew Ashford, worked with him, or was in the Ensley area that evening, any information about what led to the shooting could still be important.