Bonnie Lee Ann McGowan, 34, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, was murdered on April 24, 1978. She was the wife of Andrew Serpico and the mother of two daughters, Linda and Andrea. Her parents were Richard and Gertrude McGowan and she was the sister of Dorothy Frazier.

He attempted to rape Bonnie and a co-worker; Bonnie broke away but was shot to death and the co-worker was shot and survived. Free was arrested, tried, convicted of murder and sentenced to death; his execution by lethal injection took place on April 6, 1995, at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, Illinois, and three of Bonnie’s relatives watched on closed-circuit TV from the prison grounds.

If anyone knew Bonnie, her work, or was in Glen Ellyn on April 24, 1978 and has information to share, please contribute what is known.