Robert Gertos, 24, was found inside his Mesa, Arizona apartment on Christmas Day 2015 with a fatal gunshot wound. Authorities were called about 1:00 p.m., and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Gertos was a former USMC Infantry member described as outgoing and full of life.

Early investigators treated the death as a murder and suggested a possible drug-related motive. Witnesses reported seeing a dark-colored passenger vehicle leaving the apartment complex near US 60 and Gilbert Road shortly after the shooting, but police released no specific suspect information in the investigation’s initial stages.

No arrests or identifications of suspects have been publicly announced in the years since, and the case remains unresolved. If anyone knew Robert or has information about the shooting or the vehicle seen leaving the scene, please come forward.