Cynthia M. Williams was 20 when her body was found beside an expressway in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 28, 1987. Two motorists discovered her; an autopsy showed she had been shot in the chest with a shotgun, a wound the investigation determined was fatal.

Police traced the killing to Michael Torrence after family-linked robberies and two February 1987 murders—Dennis Lollis and Charles Bush—came to light. Torrence was taken into custody on April 6, 1987, and during interrogation he confessed to Williams’ murder and to involvement in the Lollis and Bush killings. He was tried and convicted for the three murders.

Torrence received the death penalty for Cynthia Williams’ murder and additional life sentences for the other two killings. Does anyone have information about Cynthia’s life in Charleston or memories of her that could help complete the record?