Charlene Price, a 28-year-old African-American woman, was found dead in a New Orleans park on September 22, 1991. The body showed signs of a violent struggle; an autopsy determined she had been beaten and strangled. Price had a history of drug abuse, a vulnerability noted in accounts of the case.

Her death is linked to a broader series of killings later labeled the Storyville Slayer cases, a string of at least twelve murders of mostly African-American women in the New Orleans area between 1991 and 1996. The victims often had ties to prostitution or drug use, and many were strangled and dumped in desolate locations. Investigators examined several persons of interest over the years; Victor Gant and Russell Ellwood were named as principal suspects, and Ellwood was convicted in one slayer-attributed murder but was not charged in Price’s case.

Charlene Price’s murder remains officially unsolved. If anyone knew her, saw her in September 1991, or has information about her case, please share what is known.