On April 1, 1975, Johnson Hunt was found dead near the railroad tracks at 811 Taft Road in Chesapeake, Virginia. The cause of death was a gunshot wound. An investigation opened immediately, but the case grew cold and no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.

Decades later the Chesapeake Police Department still lists the case as open; it is treated as a cold case with the hope that new information or forensic advances might eventually resolve it. The family remains without answers about what happened that spring day.

If anyone has information about Johnson Hunt, his movements around April 1, 1975, or the area around 811 Taft Road, please contact the Chesapeake Police Department.