John Harvey Johnny G Gallaher was a country-and-western disc jockey and bass guitarist in Richmond, Virginia. On the night of September 14, 1979, while performing with his band at a nightclub in South Richmond, he stepped outside during a break and was abducted by members of the Briley gang.

Brothers Linwood, James, and Anthony Briley, together with an accomplice identified as Duncan Meekins, forced Gallaher into the trunk of his own car, drove him to Mayo’s Island, robbed him, and shot and killed him. The killing was one of a series of violent crimes that the Briley gang committed across Richmond during 1979.

The Briley brothers were later apprehended; Linwood and James Briley received death sentences and Anthony Briley was given a life sentence for his role in the spree. Did anyone who saw Gallaher that night or who knew his routine at the South Richmond nightclub ever come forward with information about the abduction?