Mark Dereich, aged 21, was tragically killed on December 6, 1982, in Youngstown, Ohio. The incident took place at 112 Illinois Avenue in Mahoning County. On that day, police officers responded to a call for an investigation and arrived at an upstairs apartment where they found Mark lying on the floor, deceased from a gunshot wound. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear, and no suspect has been publicly identified.
The Youngstown Police Department classified the case as a homicide, and it remains unsolved.
Mark Dereich's death has been listed among Ohio's unsolved homicides, and the authorities are hoping for new information that could lead to solving this cold case. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) encourages anyone with information about this crime to come forward. Even small details could be crucial to bring justice to Mark's family after all these years.
If you have any information regarding this case, you are encouraged to contact the Youngstown Police Department or the Ohio Attorney General's Office, which continues to feature this case in the hope of finally providing answers and closure for Mark's loved ones.
