April 22 2025 rbbm. lengthy article.
Beyond the Yellow Tape: Family, friends seek answers in 2019 Columbus cold case murder
A Columbus business woman was brutally murdered in her own backyard and the killer is still running free, six years later.
70-year-old Columbus business owner, Chongcha Dyer was murdered in her own backyard on June 29, 2019. According to CPD, her grandson found her personal belongings in their home on Luckie Street in the Oakland Park.''
''Patrol officers responded a short time later. She was found deceased in her back yard from a gunshot wound.”
According to police, Dyer was shot multiple times and her body was locked in a storage shed. Now, six years later, the question still remains unanswered: Who killed Dyer and why?
“What we do have is a network of individuals that live and are familiar with the area that knew Ms. Dyer was trying to sell some items that she no longer wanted,” said Hayes.''
''Dyer was a prominent business woman. According to Columbus police, she owned at least two local bars. One of them were found on South Lumpkin Road and Marathon Drive named ‘Gray’s Bar’. The name hasn’t changed. According to investigators, before her death she sold one them for a large sum of cash and investigators believe everyone knew it.
“We believe the item she was selling on this day, she was in contact with believe robbery to be the motive in Dyer’s death, ” said Hayes.''
