DETECTIVES 'KNOW WHO KILLER IS' IN '81 OHIO COP SLAY

IT HAS been a mystery for more than 30 years in Marietta, Ohio. Lt. Ray "Joe" Clark was viciously gunned down in his home Feb. 7, 1981 while he watched an Ohio State basketball game. Now, cops in the Buckeye State are stopping just short of naming the man they believe is the murderer.
Detectives say the man is now 60 and still lives in the area.

"We have enough right now for an indictment," said Washington County sheriff's cold case Detective Jeff Seevers. "He knows who he is. We know who he is. We've talked to him. We don't want to stop with an indictment, we want a conviction. All it's going to take is that 'one thing,' that little something someone saw, or heard, or we find to put this over the edge."

Clark was shot in the head during a commercial break when he went into his kitchen. The bullet came through a window. Initially, cops suspected the slaying was linked to drugs since Clark was working a number of big dope cases at the time. Now, they've changed their tune but would not elaborate.
The big-hearted cop left behind a wife, a son and a stepdaughter.
According to the Marietta Times: Two years ago, Clark's nephew, Washington County sheriff's Lt. David Huffer retired after working more than 20 years with the agency. He said leaving the office was difficult knowing the man responsible for bringing so much pain to his family and department was still free.

"I do believe someone knows something and for whatever reason they will come forward and give us that one piece that this investigation needs," he said. "This is something the family still talks about and wants to put to rest," he said.