INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD's homicide unit is asking for the public's help in solving a 2014 homicide on the city's near east side.
Shortly before 8 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2014, officers responded to a report of a woman down on the ground in the back of a home in the 500 block of North Rural Street, just north of East Michigan Street.
The woman, identified as 58-year-old Nell Gladney, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said it appeared Gladney was attacked by an unknown suspect or suspects as she was trying to leave for work.
"Unfortunately, there wasn't a whole lot more from that point on. We've had eight years of not knowing," said Daniel Rosenberg, the director of Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana.
Gladney was very involved in the Grace Memorial Missionary Baptist Church on the east side. She also worked at the Indiana School for the Blind and at Macy's.
Her family is working with Crime Stoppers to get answers about her death.
"She's not forgotten. It's solvable. We just need the right person, with the right piece of information to come forward. It's not that there is a lack of cold cases out there. Of course there are many, but her case is one that is solvable. We just need the right person to come forward," Rosenberg said.
As her family waits for answers, they continue to celebrate Gladney's life and hope someone will ease their heartache.
"We are talking about a wound that will never heal, but we need to give help to those in the community that are suffering," Rosenberg said. "I would definitely say that this family could use our help."
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.