Brenda Alexander was 23 when her body was found in Phenix City, Alabama, on August 27, 1979. The discovery left her family and community without answers; the original investigation produced no suspects and the case remained cold for decades.

In November 2018 Samuel Little, already imprisoned, confessed to killing Brenda. He said he met her at a local disco in Phenix City and strangled her; investigators found his account matched evidence from the 1979 investigation. Little’s admission was part of a larger series of confessions tying him to dozens of murders across the country. The Russell County District Attorney’s Office subsequently announced the case closed based on this information.

Did anyone who knew Brenda in Phenix City in 1979 ever hear about her social circle or the disco she frequented?