Rosalind Casey, 32 and a mother of five, was found dead under a railroad bridge in Hartford’s Asylum Hill neighborhood in June 2000. Her body showed extreme blunt-force trauma to the head and face; investigators reported her skull had been crushed. Her shirt had been pulled up around her shoulders and one pant leg was partially removed. Stomping injuries were specifically noted as causing the caved-in skull and were described as reflecting extreme rage.

Casey’s death became part of a pattern of killings in Hartford in which several women were found murdered in secluded locations with similarly brutal head injuries. DNA evidence recovered at the scenes, including semen and blood, was later used to link the cases to Matthew Steven Johnson, a homeless drifter with a prior history of violent offenses against women. Johnson was arrested and convicted in connection with three murders, including Casey’s, and received a lengthy prison sentence.

Did anyone in Hartford at the time see signs of a pattern or remember suspicious activity near the railroad bridges or other isolated spots in Asylum Hill?