Doretha Withers, a 36-year-old African American homemaker who lived at 6739 S May in Chicago, was killed on December 22, 1994, in the Englewood neighborhood. The cause of death was asphyxia by strangulation.

Her killing was one of five murders attributed to Hubert Geralds Jr., described as the Englewood Strangler. Reports say Geralds, 30 at the time of the series, targeted drug-addicted women, often sex workers, promising them drugs and then strangling them using what was called the Guardian Angel Chokehold. Geralds was arrested on June 18, 1995, later convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

The case underscores the danger faced by marginalized people in high-crime areas and the role that drug addiction and poverty played in how these victims were targeted. Does anyone have memories of Withers or information about her life in Englewood that could add context to her story?