Jess Allen Sixkiller, a 78-year-old Cherokee Nation citizen and longtime activist, was fatally shot inside his Phoenix home in the early hours of September 25, 2015. The shooting occurred at about 3:00 a.m.; his wife of 58 years was home, heard a disturbance and intruders speaking in broken English, locked herself in a room and called 911. Officers arriving at the residence found signs of forced entry and Sixkiller with a gunshot wound that proved fatal.

Phoenix police described the incident as a random home invasion and opened a homicide investigation, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Some community members have questioned the random-invasion assessment because of Sixkiller’s prominence as an advocate for urban Indians. A reward was offered for information leading to an arrest, yet the murder remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Phoenix at the time know of unusual activity in that neighborhood or have information that could help resolve this case?