Nancy Gerry, an 18-year-old white female, was murdered on September 26, 1973, in Brevard County, Florida. Her body was found fully clothed in a palmetto thicket with a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators later linked her killing to Bernard Eugene Giles, then 20, who targeted young women in the Titusville area in late 1973. Giles allegedly lured victims, often hitchhikers, into his car, drove them to secluded spots and assaulted and killed them. Gerry was one of five victims found in Brevard County; the others were Paula Hamric, 22; Carolyn Bennett, 17; Sharon Wimer, 14; and Kristi Melton, 15. Giles was arrested on December 11, 1973, and confessed to these murders. He faced multiple first-degree murder counts and related charges and was declared a mentally disturbed sex offender, ordered to a state hospital before serving a life sentence.

Does anyone have memories of that period in Titusville or information about Nancy Gerry that could help flesh out her story?