Late summer 1987: 56-year-old Mary McCarty and her 21-year-old daughter Vicki were found bludgeoned to death in their Radford Drive home in Indianapolis on September 25, 1987. Mary, a bookkeeper at Community East Hospital who enjoyed playing mandolin and painting, had been preparing to move into an apartment with Vicki. Their bodies were discovered by Mary’s niece and her husband after they could not reach the women by phone; a bloody hammer was found near the victims and Mary’s 1987 Chevy Cavalier was missing from the driveway.

Investigators believe Mary was attacked in her sleep and Vicki was confronted in the hallway. Nothing appeared to have been stolen; both purses with money remained. The primary suspect was Vicki’s 26-year-old boyfriend, known to police for prior crimes including bank robbery and believed connected to car theft and drugs. He had reportedly proposed the day before and was last seen in Panama City, Florida, the day the bodies were found. He was never charged in the killings; the investigation later moved to the Indianapolis Police Department Cold Case Unit and DNA from the scene has been retested, but the murders remain unsolved.

Did anyone who knew Mary, Vicki, or the boyfriend ever notice the car after September 25, 1987, or have information about the boyfriend’s movements that day?