Freddie Barnes was 33 when he was last seen leaving his home on Elm Street in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood on December 30, 1980. His disappearance turned tragic a few days later. On the morning of January 3, 1981, his body was found inside his blue and white 1977 GMC Jimmy pick-up truck; he had been shot to death and the case was treated as a homicide.

The Denver Police Department investigated, but no arrests were ever announced and the trail went cold. The case remains open and unresolved, leaving family members with unanswered questions about the circumstances of Freddie’s death.

If anyone knew Freddie, saw that blue and white 1977 GMC Jimmy around late December 1980 or the first days of January 1981, or has information about what happened, please come forward.