On the evening of November 28, 2015, 21-year-old Cedric Towe was found in the street on Colonial Way in the South Norfolk section of Chesapeake, Virginia, and pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. Officers responded around 10:20 p.m.; Colonial Way was the neighborhood where Towe had grown up. Family described him as a hard worker who loved his family and had been thinking about joining the military.

Hours earlier Cedric’s father, Charles Towe, had spoken to local media about violence in the area and later dropped his son off at a nearby 7-Eleven. Cedric reportedly texted a friend saying he was on Colonial Way to meet a woman and that she had not come outside or answered her phone. Detectives found Cedric had been communicating with someone using the name Kia Gotti on Facebook; that account was created three days before the killing and was later deactivated. The family believes Cedric may have been lured and that his phone may have been taken.

No arrests have been announced and the Chesapeake Police Department lists the case as an open cold case homicide, with a reward of up to $1,500 through the Chesapeake Crime Line for information that leads to an arrest. Does anyone have information about Cedric’s movements that night or about the Facebook identity known as Kia Gotti?