On the evening of February 4, 1986, 21-year-old Rae Ann Mossor was found dead from a shotgun blast in a quiet Roanoke, Virginia, neighborhood. Her body lay next to her ex-boyfriend’s car and a 12-gauge shotgun rested on the trunk. Authorities initially ruled the death a suicide, based on testimony that Rae Ann had threatened to kill herself after an argument and a failed attempt at reconciliation.

Her parents, Ann and Ron Mossor, challenged that ruling and raised several contradictions. Rae Ann’s car was found across the street with the driver’s door wide open, the radio playing, and the keys in the ignition. They noted Rae Ann’s arm length of twenty-nine inches would not reach the shotgun’s trigger, measured thirty-six and a half inches from the muzzle, and questioned how the gun ended up on the trunk. An autopsy was not performed until the body was exhumed six months later; that examination reported a contact wound to the chest. Independent experts offered conflicting opinions about muzzle distance and whether she could have fired the weapon herself.

The official cause of death was changed to undetermined in November 1988. No arrests or suspects have been publicly named. Did anyone in the Roanoke area remember seeing Rae Ann or her car that night, or have information about her ex-boyfriend’s movements?