Joshua Boggess, 25, was killed near midnight on July 6, 2006, in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, while walking from his job at Chili’s in the Charleston Town Center toward his vehicle. According to later court findings, three juveniles—William James Bumpus (16), Ronald Hambleton and Daniel Botkin—approached Boggess in the BB&T parking garage on Lee Street East intending to rob him. Bumpus reportedly produced a .22-caliber handgun, demanded money and, after Boggess resisted and struck Bumpus, fired once into Boggess’s chest. The bullet struck his heart and proved fatal. The handgun was thrown into nearby bushes and later recovered by police.

Investigators interviewed people who had been in the vehicle with the three youths, arrested the suspects in the hours following the shooting, and obtained statements. Prosecutors moved to transfer Bumpus to adult court on a first-degree murder charge; he later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree robbery and was sentenced to life with mercy to run concurrently with a 40-year robbery term. Hambleton and Botkin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery and received concurrent 40-year recommendations. If anyone knew Joshua or saw him that night, please share what might help the investigation.