Raylyn Thompson

Raylyn Thompson, 49, a Black male, was shot and killed in Las Vegas on March 21, 2009. Public reporting on the circumstances is sparse, but the core fact endures: his life was taken by gunfire, and the case was not brought to a close in the months and years that followed.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation, and his name has since appeared among local cold-case listings, a quiet reminder that an assailant has not been publicly identified. No arrests have been announced, and author ...