Edna Ryckaert, 77, was found dead in a creek near Tecumseh Park in Lansing on October 19, 1980. An autopsy determined she had been strangled, and her killing alarmed the community as part of a disturbing pattern of attacks on elderly women in the area.

The case grew cold after investigators pursued leads without making an arrest. The Lansing Police Department’s Cold Case Unit later kept her file open while appealing for tips. Michael Darnell Harris, later convicted of multiple murders of elderly women between 1980 and 1982, was investigated as an uncharged suspect because those victims were often raped and strangled, but he was never formally charged in Ryckaert’s death.

Edna’s murder remains officially unsolved. Does anyone have information about Edna, her movements in October 1980, or sightings near Tecumseh Park that could help reopen the case?