On an October evening in 1997, 11-year-old Levi Frady pedaled his trusty bicycle toward his Forsyth County home. The sixth-grader had been at a friend’s house.

Levi’s bicycle was later found about a mile from his home. But it would be the following day before hunters made a horrific discovery in a neighboring county. Levi had been killed and left in the woods.

Levi’s death sparked a statewide notification system to find abducted children. Ironically, his case has never been solved.

Who killed Levi Frady and why? Nearly 20 years later, his family wants answers.

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Three years later, Sheriff Howard Sills is still investigating a gruesome cold case in Putnam County.

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Toi Cliatt, Trina Martin and her son, Gabe Watson, say they were traumatized when an FBI SWAT team raided their Atlanta home by mistake in 2017. (Courtesy of Institute for Justice)

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