Matthew Lawrence was shot and killed on February 1, 1974, at 5040 Queen Street in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Chesapeake Police Department’s Cold Case Homicide Investigations lists his death as a homicide and his case remains on the city’s unsolved cold case roster.

No arrests, charges, trials, or convictions have been announced, and no suspects or persons of interest have been publicly identified.

The lack of contemporaneous detail has left gaps about Lawrence’s final hours and any potential witnesses. Does anyone have information about Matthew Lawrence, his activities in Chesapeake in early 1974, or memories of that location that could help investigators?