Cathleen Norwood, 25, of Joliet, Illinois, was murdered on July 16, 1983, during a violent ambush on a remote stretch of road in Homer Township. On that night Norwood, George Kiehl, 24, and Richard Paulin, 32, were shot to death; two Will County Sheriff’s Department auxiliary deputies, Denis Foley, 50, and Steven Mayer, 22, were also killed in the same attack.

The July 16 slayings were part of a broader summer 1983 killing spree in Will County attributed to Milton Johnson, known as The Weekend Murderer. That rampage reportedly began June 25 with the murders of Zita Blum, 66, and Honora Lahmann, 67, and included the July 2 slayings of Kenneth Chancellor, 34, and Terri Lynn Johnson, 19. Johnson was later arrested and charged in connection with multiple killings from that period.

Anyone who knew Cathleen, was in Homer Township on July 16, 1983, or has information about the events that night is asked to come forward.