Sheila Ingold, 36, was found dead inside an abandoned van off Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 3, 1987. A person who had come looking to buy the van discovered her. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be strangulation. Her body had been left posed and partially disarrayed, and both rings she reportedly wore—a gold ring on her left pinkie and a silver wedding-style ring with a faux stone—were missing, suggesting robbery at the scene.

The location near an auto repair shop was described as part of Troost Avenue’s late-night economy, an area investigators associated with street-level sex work and opportunistic violence. Police questioned Lorenzo Gilyard about the killing and took a blood sample when he was arrested on December 23, 1987, but he was released for lack of evidence and the case remained unresolved at that time.

Are there readers who knew Sheila or who have information about Troost Avenue during that period that could shed light on the case?