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On the morning of June 9, 2015, 63-year-old delivery driver Thomas Childs arrived for his shift at Ridgway Industries in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. While preparing for his route in the loading dock area, a man approached him intending to rob him. A struggle followed and two shots were fired from a 9-millimeter handgun; the second shot struck Childs in the back and proved fatal. The assailant fled with about $20 and Childs’ company-issued cell phone.

A coworker arriving around that time provided a description of the man he saw, and a ping from the stolen phone led investigators to nearby Fernwood Cemetery shortly after the body was found. A reward was later offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. In June 2016 a warrant named Rodney Talbo Shelton II as the primary suspect. Shelton, a twice-convicted felon then reported to be 37 and known to frequent the Philadelphia area, was located and arrested on December 9, 2016, and later extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges.

Does anyone have information about Childs’ last hours at Ridgway Industries or about the man seen at the loading dock?