Marjorie Evelyn Wyatt Howie, 49, was found murdered in her Atlantic Beach, Florida, home on August 2, 1974. She had been strangled with a nylon stocking and her television set was taken. Investigators linked the theft of the TV and other stolen guns to Paul John Knowles, the serial killer known as the Casanova Killer, who committed a series of murders across several states in 1974.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Howie had lived in the Beaches area for 21 years after moving from Richmond, Virginia. She was active in St. Johns Catholic Church in Atlantic Beach and the American Association of University Women. She was survived by her husband, Samuel T. Howie; two daughters, Ann Hankinson and Jean Stoll; a brother, Thomas O. Wyatt; and two grandchildren. Family members said that, despite having her hands tied behind her back, she removed her wedding rings and hid them in the shag carpet before she was killed.

Knowles was apprehended in November 1974 and was shot and killed in December 1974 while attempting to escape custody. Does anyone who knew Marjorie or her family in the Beaches area remember details that could add to the picture of her life or the night she was killed?