List of Columbus cold-case homicides from 1973 to 2004

Here, from the years 1973 through 2004, are some of the unsolved homicides Columbus police say they continue to track:

1973 May 3: Billy Hicks, 40; gunshot wound to the head; 100 Sixth St.Dec. 5: Ruben Baxter, 53; gunshot wound to the head; 1336 10th Ave.

1974Sept. 26: Walter Watkins, 52; gunshot wound to the chest; 2020 Iris Drive.Oct. 31: Willie Lee Jefferson, 29; multiple gunshot wounds; Meloy Drive and Monce Drive.

1975Aug. 22: Robert Walker, 32; multiple gunshot wounds; 100 Sixth St.

1976Jan. 4: Clifford Gainous, 16; gunshot wound to the left shoulder; 4944 Buena Vista Road (Pritchett’s Fish Camp).Jan. 7: Edward Jenkins III, 53; gunshot wound to the head; Rosemont Drive and Acacia Drive.Aug. 15: Walter “Junior” Williams, 47; bludgeoning; 2317 Forsyth Drive.

1977April 9: Robert Lee Pied, 48; multiple gunshot wounds to the back and chest; 907 Washington Ave.Nov. 28: Willie C. Murray, 29; gunshot wound to the neck; 9A Southside Court Apartments.

1980March 3: Julius Smith, 60; gunshot wound; 204 32nd Ave.April 16: Paul Holder, 22; gunshot wound to the chest; 3542 Victory Drive (Linda Sharon Motel).Nov. 30: Adolphus Biggers, 49; stab wounds to chest and abdomen and bludgeoning; 816 33rd Ave.

1981Oct. 5: Samuel Cooper, 59; gunshot wound to the back; 536 Second Ave.Nov. 1: John Michael Toole, 30; gunshot wound; wooded area west of Interstate 185 and south of Morris Road.

1983Jan. 2: Willie Crimes; no age available, bludgeoning to the head; 909 Farr Road.May 25: Martha Ann Johnson, 18; ligature strangulation; 632 Third Ave.June 18: Yvonne L. Wright Harrison, 28; strangulation; 502 10th St.

1984May 4: Major Cooper, 51; gunshot wound to the head; 1443 First Ave.Dec. 5: William Glenn Parham, 59; stabbing; 1414 Second Ave.

1985Jan. 1: Anthony Dixon, 18; ligature strangulation, stabbing; 3600 Victory Drive (Travel Inn Motel).June 1: Valerie Ledbetter, 18; stabbing, blunt trauma to the head; behind 3200 Cusseta Road (Boys Club).Dec. 23: Jeffery Allen Smith, 32; multiple gunshot wounds to the head; 2312 Fort Benning Road.

1986Nov. 21: Earnest Lee Turpin, 69; gunshot wound to the head; 1736 Benning Drive.

1988Sept. 27: Jarrod D. Spillars, 2; undetermined; 3700 Bridgewater Road.Nov. 25: Phillip Conklin, 45; multiple gunshot wounds to the head; 717 10th Ave. (Lummus Industries Inc.).

1989Feb. 18: Oliver Earnest Skipper, 47; multiple gunshot wounds; 4130 E. Lindsey Drive (Peachtree Pub).Oct. 14: Thomas Walter Robinson, 74; gunshot wounds; poultry house at fairgrounds.

1991April 19: Tommie White, 55; stab wound to the neck, gunshot wound to the head and back, trauma to the head; 1720 Stark Ave.

1993Jan. 3: Gerald E. Dunn, 25; throat cut; Chattsworth Road, half-mile west of Lynch Road.Sept. 12: Johnny Reese, 41; seven gunshot wounds; 1000 Victory Drive (Welcome Center).

1994June 5: Timothy Vancleef, 24; gunshot wound; Betjeman Drive and Springfield Avenue.Dec. 10: James Wesson Jr., 19; gunshot wounds to neck and chest; 3212 Plateau Drive.

1995June 7: John Boone Jr., 22; gunshot wound to the throat; Illges Road.

1996Sept. 22: Johnny Love Upshaw, 63; more than 100 superficial stab wounds; 513 1/2 23rd St.

1998Jan. 4: Laura Chaney, 36; gunshot wound to the head; 110-H Peabody Apartments.Jan. 12: Grover Emanuel, 77; throat cut; 545 Fifth St.Dec. 1: Johnny B. Carter, 53; gunshot wound to the head; 901 10th Ave.Dec. 18: Milton Ira Moss, 43; stabbed, run over and dragged by vehicle; 901 Joy Road.

1999March 28: Markel Sherod Ervin, 15; gunshot wound to the head; 4980 Aaron Drive.April 12: Shawnita Campbell, 24; gunshot wound to the head; 606 Warehouse Drive.Aug. 29: Antrone Simpson, 21; gunshot wound to the head; 4300 block of Victory Drive.

2000Aug. 7: William Hayes, 21; gunshot wound to the head; 2111 11th Ave.Aug. 12: Oliver May, 79; subdural hematoma; 108 30th St.

2001April 18: Stanley McCray, 18; gunshot wounds; 6048 Hunter Ridge Circle.Sept. 27: Leon Gaines, 58; gunshot wound to the chest; 901 Joy Road.

2002Nov. 9: Bill Morris, 56; gunshot wound to the chest; 946 Morris Road.

2003March 28: Iris Harless, 64; possible asphyxiation; 4717 Northgate Drive.July 18: Albert Woolfolk, 45; multiple stab wounds; 2634 Habersham Ave.Oct. 1: Jennifer Gibson, 31; strangulation; 8960 Veterans Parkway.Oct. 4: Latefuh Hamilton, 22; gunshot wound to the abdomen; Kingsberry Street at Rineheart Court.

2004March 8: William Kirby Smith, 50; gunshot wound to the chest and head; 1438 Jacqueline Drive.May 15: Edward Earl Taylor, 41; multiple gunshot wounds; 1801 Manchester Expressway.Oct. 16: Edward C. Faniel Jr., 53; multiple gunshot wounds; Third Street and 19th Avenue.Oct. 19: Calvin Dewayne Sheffie, 34; multiple gunshot wounds; 901 Joy Road.Oct. 23: Benjamin Smith, 35; multiple gunshot wounds; 520 Brennan Road.Oct. 31: Gerardo Martinez-Garay, 23; gunshot wound to the head; 1951 Cusseta Road.Nov. 9: John B. Roberson, 79; multiple gunshot wounds to the head; 3748 Caspian Drive.

This story was originally published May 24, 2010 at 12:00 AM.