RONNIE M FRANKLIN JR

Detectives need your help solving the murder of Ronnie Franklin, Jr. 

25-year old Franklin was reported missing on January 9, 2008. 

Three months later on April 10, 2008, a construction worker was pulling some garbage away from the boat docks on Chickamauga Creek and found a tarp. Franklin's body was wrapped inside it. 

The medical examiner determined Franklin had been shot in the head. 

Franklin's aunt, Patricia Franklin, told Channel 3 Eyewitness News her nephew was selling drugs and was carrying a lot of money the night he disappeared. 

Investigators have received some substantial leads in this case, but they need more information to make an arrest. 

Original Investigating Agency: Chattanooga Police Department
If you have information on this case, please use the form below or call the cold case hotline:   423-209-7470

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