LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 150,000 people descended upon Churchill Downs on May 4, 2019. However, 15 hours earlier, just nine miles away from Louisville's crown jewel, 49-year-old James Roth was murdered.
Roth was last seen around 3 a.m. walking down the 6600 block of Sylvania Rd in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood.
Little else known about what happened to him on that night.
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His family is urging anyone that has any information to step forward.
"Please help answer the lingering questions, if you know something call Crime Stoppers and help your community be better," Roth's sister said.
If you have a tip about what happened to James Roth, call Crime Stoppers' 24/7 phone line at 582-CLUE
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