On November 29, 1993 the body of 52-year-old Essie Marie Dowdy, an African American woman, was found in Greenwood Cemetery in Brunswick, Georgia. Her death was one of a series of violent killings that alarmed the community that autumn.

Investigators eventually questioned a man named Carl Harris; he confessed to Dowdy’s murder and also admitted to killing Cheryl Lewrisey Coleman and her infant son Jamaree Coleman. Cheryl and the baby were last seen getting into Harris’s vehicle; Cheryl’s remains were later found near Academy Creek and the baby’s carrier was found nearby. Harris told police he had left the infant by the creek.

Carl Harris was charged with three counts of malice murder, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Does anyone have memories of Essie Marie Dowdy or information that could add context to her life in Brunswick?