Norma Caroline Senini Marglon was 78 when she was killed on September 2, 1987, in Richmond, Contra Costa County, California. Born August 28, 1909, in Santa Cruz, she was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother whose death was one of several brutal attacks on elderly women in the East Bay that summer.

Those crimes were linked to Franklin Lynch, who targeted elderly white women who were widowed or living alone, forcing entry, beating them to death and stealing money and valuables. Investigators later found property belonging to multiple victims in Lynch’s home, and he was arrested in October 1987. Lynch was convicted of three murders and two non-fatal attacks and received a death sentence in 1992.

Norma Marglon’s family and the wider community were deeply affected by these events. If anyone knew Norma or has information about her life or the circumstances around her death, please share what you can.