Ricky L. Allen, a 36-year-old White man, was found dead at his Colorado Springs home in the late evening of March 18, 1991. A friend discovered him unresponsive on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

A handgun was found cocked in Allen’s hand, an initial detail consistent with suicide. Colorado Springs Police detectives and crime scene analysts concluded the scene had been staged, however, and officially classified the death as a homicide. Interviews with family and friends indicated Allen was heavily involved in the drug trade, which investigators considered a possible motive.

No arrests have ever been announced and the case remains open and unsolved. If anyone knew Ricky, his associates, or has information about his activities or the night of March 18, 1991, please come forward.