Rose Jackson, 60, was killed in St. Louis, Missouri on December 19, 1985. Later accounts described her death as a strangling, a form of close, intimate violence that the records say suggested someone who could gain access without forced entry.

Investigators later linked Jackson’s death to a series of murders from 1985 to 1988. Police attention by summer 1988 focused on Jerry Lee Little Jr.; news reports from that period said he was charged in multiple killings including Jackson’s and that he had earlier been considered a suspect in her slaying before being returned to Jefferson City as a parole violator. Little was tried on consolidated charges tied to four murder events and received multiple life terms; an appeal upheld those convictions and denied post-conviction relief.

Does anyone have additional information about Rose Jackson’s circle of friends or who might have been visiting her in December 1985?