Cyril Cuminal, a 21-year-old white man, was found dead in his Washington, D.C. apartment on December 26, 1987, after his parents went to check on him when he failed to show up for a planned holiday visit. Officers from the Metropolitan Police determined he had been fatally stabbed and opened a homicide investigation. Police did not disclose whether there were signs of forced entry, and no motive was apparent from the initial investigation.

Decades later the killing remains unsolved. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified, and the case is still listed as an open homicide with a reward offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. If anyone knew Cyril, his routines, or observed unusual activity around the 2200 block of 40th Street NW in late December 1987, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department with what you know.