Joyce Wilson, a 28-year-old African American woman, was found murdered on March 26, 1995, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Her death fit a disturbing pattern: women involved in sex work and struggling with drug addiction were being targeted, and Wilson’s body showed signs of strangulation consistent with other killings in the area at that time.

Investigators eventually linked Wilson’s murder to a series of similar homicides. The inquiry intensified after a decomposing body, later identified as Mary Blackman, was discovered in a trash bin near the home of Hubert Geralds Jr. Geralds had earlier reported Wilson’s death to police; subsequent investigation and his own statements connected him to multiple victims. He confessed to several killings, including Wilson’s, and was convicted of first-degree murder in December 1997.

The case underscored the particular vulnerability of marginalized women in that community. Does anyone have information about Joyce Wilson or the other victims from Englewood in 1995?