Ohio authorities say they’ve solved a man’s 1985 murder by reviewing old evidence, including items that were originally discovered behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia.
John Warren, a traveling salesman for an auto parts company, was found dead inside his room at a Holiday Inn in Middletown, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 1985, Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said in a statement. Middletown is located about 35 miles east of Cincinnati.
Warren’s 1985 Oldsmobile car and several other personal belongings had disappeared by the time his body was found, Fornshell said. A few days later, police in Dalton, Georgia, recovered some of the lost property behind a Cracker Barrel in their area, which had been discarded. His car also popped up in Redington Beach, Florida…