Twenty-five years after her son was slain, Patricia Roberts is still holding out hope that someone will come forward with new information that will help the police close the case.
Robert “Mickey” Ledwell, 29, was shot and killed outside of his home in the Overland Heights area of Greensboro on April 28, 1997.
The fact that it happened a quarter of a century ago doesn’t ease his mother’s pain.
“The hurt is still there,” Roberts told WFMY. “Some days, I (have) really bad days. It doesn’t come often but it comes more than I would like to be reminded of it.”
Roberts has tried to channel her grief, advocating against gun violence and holding rallies to keep her son’s case in the public’s mind.
She has also tried to find out information to help police any way she could.
”I really dug deep trying to find out who this killer was because it has really bothered me so long (for) all these years haunting me and my family,” she told the news station. “I feel like I just lost a great son that intended to be here to experience life at his age.”
Between the Greensboro/Guilford County Crime Stoppers and a Governor’s Reward, $10,000 is being offered for tips that lead to an arrest.
Roberts, like most left behind after a slaying, is just hoping for closure. Asked what she would say to the culprit, she said, “I would tell his killer that you really have hurt my family, his mother, truly bad because I know for a fact my son was a good person.”
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 336-373-100. You can also use the P3tips app or go to p3tips.com.
