Hattie Davis Bonner, 79, was found suffocated in her bed on July 14, 1990. Her killing was linked to a pattern of nighttime attacks on elderly residents in Goldsboro, North Carolina that year; other victims included 70-year-old Eliza Jones and Alvin and Thelma Bowen. Investigators noted similarities across the cases: victims were elderly, lived near vacant lots, and died by strangulation or suffocation.

Reports say Bonner was manually strangled and also suffocated with a pillow. The cases produced few leads for years, and remained unsolved through the 1990s. In 2001 DNA evidence later connected Linwood Earl Forte to multiple murders in the series; he was convicted of several counts of first-degree murder and rape and received a death sentence for those crimes.

Did anyone in Goldsboro in 1990 notice suspicious activity near vacant lots or late-night visitors in the neighborhoods where these victims lived?