Sherry Darnell Baker was 22 and a Wichita State University student when she was found murdered in her apartment at 603 N. New York Street on November 12, 1974. Her mother discovered her around 9 a.m.; Sherry was partially clothed, bound with a telephone cord, and had suffered multiple stab wounds. Investigators reported no sign of forced entry, suggesting she may have known the person who entered her home.

The Wichita Police Department investigated but did not make any arrests, and the case later became part of the department’s cold case files. Some observers have noted similarities between the binding in this case and the crimes attributed to the serial offender known as BTK, but law enforcement has stated they do not consider Sherry’s murder connected to those other slayings. No suspects have been publicly named.

If anyone knew Sherry, lived near 603 N. New York Street in 1974, or has information about her death, please share what you know.