Steven Wayne Smith, a 24-year-old Caucasian man, was found in DeKalb County, Georgia in the autumn of 1986 with multiple stab wounds. Authorities classified the death as a homicide and the DeKalb County Police Department opened an intensive investigation into his death and his relationships.

Investigators focused on a young Caucasian male known to Smith after learning the two had a confrontation before Smith’s death. That person was arrested, charged with murder, tried, and convicted by a jury. The court later imposed a lengthy prison sentence.

Did anyone who knew Steven or had contact with him in DeKalb County in 1986 notice tensions with acquaintances that fall into this timeline?