Charles Lowe was 47 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Wednesday, September 26, 2007. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it as a homicide that remained open with no arrest.
Beyond his name, his age and the date of his death, almost nothing about Charles Lowe has been made public.
No news story about the killing, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this account. He surely had family, friends and neighbors who remember who he was, but little of that has entered the public record.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown. The record does not say how he was killed, whether he was attacked indoors or on the street, whether he knew his attacker, or whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital. It does not say whether investigators ever identified a suspect.
Charles Lowe is a common name, and searches for it are dominated by other people. They include a 62-year-old Charles Edward Lowe whose funeral was held in Atlanta in 2025, a man of the same name who died in Atlanta in 1986, a surgeon at Emory University and dozens of men named in obituaries across the country. None of their records concern the 47-year-old who died in September 2007, and the crowd of namesakes makes it harder to find any trace of his own story.
His age stands out. Most homicide victims in Atlanta in those years were in their teens and 20s. A man of 47 would likely have had grown children, siblings, co-workers and long-time neighbors, people who knew his routine and may remember the last time they saw him.
The location recorded in the database places his death in east Atlanta, a part of the city of older residential neighborhoods, small business strips and apartment complexes. His death came on a Wednesday in late September 2007, an ordinary weeknight or workday, when neighbors and passers-by may have been nearby and may remember the police activity that followed.
His case does not appear on the 2018 Washington Post list of unsolved homicides published online, but the Post's underlying database still records it as open with no arrest. No cold-case listing, reward offer or public appeal for information about his death could be found.
Atlanta, the capital of Georgia and the center of a metro area of more than 5 million people, recorded roughly 75 to 130 homicides a year between 2007 and 2017. Most victims were young men killed with guns, and many of those killings never led to an arrest. Cases with few public details, like his, often faded from view quickly.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Charles Lowe could be found in news archives or public records. More than 19 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew Charles Lowe in east Atlanta, saw him in the days before he died, or heard talk afterward of what happened to him, may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit at 404-546-4235, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (404-577-8477), which may pay a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.
