The shooting death of Kyle Riley three years ago at a house on Tucsonβs east side remains an unsolved cold case.
βI miss my son,β said Mary Riley, 55, an office worker at a towing and propane business in Sierra Vista.
βSomebody came into that house and took his life and ran,β she said in a recent interview, hoping to bring someone forward who has information about the case.
Her son was shot in the chest and killed in a house in the 4800 block of South Lantana Place, near South Kolb and East Irvington roads.
Tucson police went to the house after a 911 call reporting a shooting on the morning of Jan. 30, 2013.
When officers arrived, they were let in by the homeowner, and Kyle Riley was found dead in a bedroom, authorities said at the time of the slaying.
Detectives have exhausted leads in the case and believe there are people who have information about the case, said Sgt. Kimberly Bay, a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.
βWe will look at any and all new leads that we get,β said Bay, urging anyone with information to call 88-CRIME.
Meanwhile, Mary Riley is waiting for some news that will lead to the person who shot her son. βThe pain never goes away,β said the mother about her sonβs death. βIt is the hardest thing any parent can ever go through. It is something you have to learn to live with.β
Kyle Riley moved from Sierra Vista to Tucson to look for work. He had experience in construction, but Mary Riley said Kyle told her he had applied to work as a convenience clerk.
The mother said Kyle was a renter in the home for about a month before he was killed. She said her son βprobably had problems with drugs.β
She said she remembers her son as a caring man who liked to make people laugh.
Now she wants authorities to find and arrest the person who killed him.
Mary Riley asks that anyone with information contact 88-CRIME, which is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest.
