On October 28, 1990, 49-year-old Louis Whitesell was found shot to death in a phone booth near 234 Playfield Road, close to Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cincinnati Police Department investigated, but the case remains unsolved and no suspects have been publicly identified. There were no immediate clues pointing to a clear motive or suspect, and the lack of leads has kept this homicide among Ohio’s cold cases.

The case appears in the Ohio Attorney General’s cold case database and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has urged public assistance in hopes of generating tips. If anyone has information about Louis Whitesell’s death or saw something near Lunken Airport on or around October 28, 1990, please come forward.