Julia Critchfield was 36 when she was last seen on a Saturday night at Chris’s Lounge on Courthouse Road in Gulfport, Mississippi. A mother of four who loved karaoke, she did not own a car and got around by walking or riding with friends; she was described as friendly but private.

On January 22, 1978 her body was found at the bottom of a cliff in a remote dirt pit in Saucier, in Harrison County, by friends riding dirt bikes. She had been strangled, and investigators concluded she was killed elsewhere before her body was discarded. The scene reportedly offered few clues and the investigation went cold, leaving her children without answers.

In November 2018 a man already imprisoned for other killings, Samuel Little, confessed to Critchfield’s murder and was charged in connection with her death. Does anyone have information about Julia’s last night at Chris’s Lounge or about people who might have driven her that evening?