Cynthia Brooks was a 27-year-old Black woman from Philadelphia whose remains were identified among seven victims found in a North Philadelphia apartment in August 1987. Neighbors and the landlord had complained about a persistent odor coming from Harrison Marty Graham’s third-floor unit; when police entered they discovered a squalid scene with trash, mattresses, blood traces, drugs, and human remains hidden in the apartment, a closet, on the roof and later in the basement area.

Investigators determined the victims were in varying states of decomposition; two most recent deaths were ruled strangulations, while others appeared to have been dead for months. Graham later admitted strangling women after sharing drugs with them during sex. He fled when police were first called but surrendered on August 17, 1987, and was convicted in April 1988 of seven murders and related counts.

Does anyone have memories of that North Philadelphia block in 1987 or knew Cynthia Brooks and can share information that might add to her story?