Royal Taylor Roy Cumby Jr. was 46 when he was shot and killed in Santa Fe, Texas, on the evening of May 29, 1983. At about 7:20 PM near the intersection of 4-1/2 Street and Avenue Q he was fatally shot while driving. A witness behind his car reported seeing two other men with him, one in the front passenger seat and one in the back. After the shooting Cumby’s car door was pushed open; he fell onto the street, got to his knees and staggered into a nearby ditch where he died.

The two unidentified men fled in Cumby’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo. That vehicle was found abandoned later that evening, around 10:00 PM, in La Marque, Texas. The motive for the killing has never been determined. Investigators have interviewed numerous people over the years and re-submitted evidence for DNA analysis, but no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Santa Fe Police Department continue to investigate and have periodically offered rewards for information that could lead to an arrest. Does anyone have information about Cumby, his Chevrolet Monte Carlo, or the men seen with him that night?