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Regina Foshee, 19, an African American woman, was found dead on May 1, 1975, in a vacant house at 4736 Lincoln in Detroit. Her nude body was discovered on the kitchen floor and the cause of death was recorded as strangulation.

Her killing was linked to a series of attacks in Detroit during 1975 attributed to an unidentified offender dubbed the Bigfoot Killer or The Cass Ripper. Investigators believe the same man raped and murdered at least seven women between February and October 1975; many victims were involved in prostitution and came from impoverished backgrounds. Witnesses described the suspect as a tall, muscular African American man, about 30 to 35 years old, with facial hair and an afro, unusually large hands and feet, and driving a beige Oldsmobile. He reportedly lured victims with offers of money for sex, then threatened them with a knife, sexually assaulted, and strangled them.

A suspect, Carl Mayweather Jr., was arrested in January 1976 but was cleared after accounts placed him away from at least four of the killings. The murder of Regina Foshee remains unsolved. Did anyone in Detroit in 1975 recognize the description of the Bigfoot Killer or recall seeing a beige Oldsmobile near Lincoln?