Stuart Statler, a 70-year-old white landlord, was found shot to death on June 13, 2003. His body was discovered inside an empty apartment he owned at 916 Madison Street in Elkhart, a detail that linked the victim’s residence and the place where he was killed.

A witness reported seeing two white males, believed to be in their twenties, running from the apartment building where Statler’s body was later found. Investigators treated that sighting as a key lead, but no arrests were ever made and no suspects have been publicly identified beyond that initial description. The case remains an open and unsolved homicide.

Anyone who lived in or around Elkhart or South Bend in 2003 and may recall seeing two young men near 916 Madison Street on or around June 13 is asked to come forward with information.