Robert Harvey was 36 when he was fatally shot on March 1, 1971, at 3615 S Battlefield Boulevard in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Chesapeake Police Department classifies his death as a cold case homicide; no arrests or suspect identifications have been reported and the investigation remains open.

Harvey’s death by gunfire ended a life and left his family and community without answers. He was buried at Good Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Chesapeake. The department asks anyone with information, no matter how small, to come forward in hopes of finally resolving this case.

Did anyone in the Chesapeake area have contact with Robert Harvey around March 1, 1971, or remember seeing anything near S Battlefield Boulevard that day?