Herbert Collins, 54, was found shot to death inside his home at 4109 Sunkist Road in Chesapeake on September 1, 1977. Authorities ruled the wound fatal and classified the case as a homicide.

Investigators with the Chesapeake Police Department followed leads in the days and weeks after the killing, but the case eventually went cold. No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been made, and the investigation remains open under the department’s Crimes Against Persons Squad.

Anyone who lived in the neighborhood or who may have information about Collins, his movements, or unusual activity around his home in late summer 1977 is asked to contact authorities — even small details can matter.