Anna Williams Brantley, 74, was found murdered in her Paducah, Kentucky, home at 410 South 22nd Street after an intruder entered overnight between June 21 and June 22, 1981. One of her sons discovered her body on the morning of June 22. The assault was described as brutal and prompted significant concern in the community.

Investigators later linked Brantley’s killing to a series of sexual assaults that became known as the West End Rapes, viewing her death as the first in that pattern. The case remains open and is listed as a cold case by the Paducah Police Department; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Does anyone have information about the West End Rapes or about who might have been in the West End neighborhood of Paducah in June 1981?