Robbin Brown, 20, of Detroit was found dead on April 10, 2000 in a railroad-yard area in southwest Detroit near the Conrail tracks. Her body was one of several discovered that morning; investigators later described that cluster as sex workers who had been strangled and positioned where they would be found. The discoveries began while homicide detectives were searching nearby for an unrelated victim and expanded as more bodies were located in the same narrow orbit of Detroit’s street economy.

Earlier that year, Wendy Jordan had been found in the Rouge River on January 2, 2000; police later said fiber evidence linked material from Jordan’s body to a suspect’s Jeep and DNA work proceeded. Multiple women reported surviving attacks and identified a man who picked them up, assaulted them and escaped. Those survivor accounts helped point investigators toward a suspect tied to a distinct vehicle and routine.

On April 12, 2000 John Eric Armstrong of Dearborn Heights was arrested in connection with the Detroit-area killings; warrants were sought for multiple murders and attempted murders. Prosecutors and investigators publicly tied him to the local victims, and subsequent trials resulted in convictions for Wendy Jordan in March 2001 and for additional Detroit killings including Robbin Brown on June 18, 2001. Did anyone who knew Robbin or who spent time in that area around 2000 see anything that might help fill remaining gaps in the timeline?