Detectives won’t say if they’re any closer to finding their suspect than they were on July 3, 2007. Comstock’s friends say they’ve just about reached their breaking point.

"He was like a second father to me! He would have been so frustrated with how long this is taking,” said Becky Frakes, a friend of the late attorney.

To Frakes, Comstock was family. The pain of his loss two years later now feels more like frustration.

"The first year, we were told, ‘We're close, we're close. It's coming,’ and so we were led to believe this was all going to be closed. And right now, there has been no closure."

Frakes found Comstock dead in his home. Greene County Sheriff’s Department detectives said he'd been shot multiple times at close range. They began interviewing family and friends.

Two days later, the sheriff’s department said eight of its investigators were working the case. By July 20, detectives said they sent what they called 'key evidence' to the crime lab in Jefferson City.

In May 2008, Greene County investigators told KY3 News that they were close to an arrest, maybe even as close as 30 days.

"We feel pretty good about the info we've gathered, and interviews; we're going to have a solid case,” said Chief Deputy Jim Arnott, who is now sheriff.

On June 3, 2008, court documents made it look like the case was focusing in on Comstock's ex-wife Alberta, who purchased a gun similar to the murder weapon the day before Comstock's murder, and son, Michael. Michael told investigators he hadn't been to his father's home in years but records show Michael's DNA was found inside on a cigarette butt.

Finally, on July 23, 2008, Comstock's adopted daughter, Faith, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alberta Comstock.

It's now been another year. At this point, the sheriff’s department will only say the case is not cold. They're following several leads and there is one full-time investigator assigned to the case.

For Frakes, each day that passes is frightening.

"I may be passing that person on the street, and not know it, but I just hope whoever did this is constantly remembering what they did,” she said, “Some day they will be held accountable. I just wish it was sooner than later."

Frakes says she hoped the murder trial would be underway by this time. In the meantime, she says she's told detectives she would like a phone call as soon as they've found their suspect.