In the early morning of September 11, 2021, 28-year-old Andrew Lukacek was shot and killed in an abandoned lot near the Tavern In The Oaks bar in Gary, Indiana. Lukacek had gone to the location after being called by his recent ex-girlfriend, Felicia Nelson, reportedly to help her and friends obtain cocaine. Witnesses say a white SUV pulled up, Nelson’s new boyfriend David Cotto exited, made a threatening statement, drew a gun and shot Lukacek in the chest. Emergency responders were dispatched around 1:49 AM; Lukacek died at the scene.

Investigators focused on David Cotto and Felicia Nelson. Nelson and her children reportedly left the area with Cotto and the couple were later found at a hotel; U.S. Marshals located Cotto hiding in an attic at Nelson’s Gary home and arrested him on September 24, 2021. Cotto was charged with murder with a firearm enhancement; Nelson was charged with assisting a criminal for allegedly harboring Cotto. The cases were joined for trial, and a jury found both defendants guilty. Cotto admitted to being a habitual offender and received an aggregate sentence of seventy-five years for Lukacek’s murder.

Did anyone know Lukacek, his movements that night, or have information about the people who were with Nelson that evening?