On December 8, 1978, in Millstadt, Illinois, 78-year-old Frieda Sophia Mueller was shot and killed during a home invasion. The intruders stole her television set, billfold, and checkbook.

Investigators later linked her killing to a series of violent robberies and murders by Girvies L. Davis and Richard Holman in the late 1970s. Davis and Holman were connected to several other elderly victims who were robbed and murdered; they were arrested after a botched robbery at an auto parts store where a bystander was killed and Davis was wounded. Davis later received death sentences and Holman, who was under 18 at the time, was sentenced to life without parole. Mueller’s murder was mentioned during proceedings but was not the subject of a separate trial.

Are there any neighbors, relatives, or Millstadt residents who remember Frieda Mueller or have information about the December 1978 home invasion?