Linda Anne Rayner was 43 and visiting her hometown in Connecticut when she was killed after a solitary walk at Hammonasset Beach State Park. On June 26, 1992 she arrived at the park about 1:30 p.m., parked near Meigs Point Nature Center and walked toward the park’s more remote eastern section. When she did not return to pick up her parents at 4:30 p.m., they searched and reported her missing at about 9:00 p.m. Her blue Honda was found early June 27 in the parking lot and her body was discovered on the rocks; an autopsy ruled blunt trauma to the head and neck the cause of death and found no evidence of sexual assault.

The assault likely occurred between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., and heavy rain that night probably washed away potential evidence. Investigators recovered a single strand of hair but lacked conclusive DNA to prosecute. Two men were later examined as possible suspects: Harold Mead, a convicted murderer who was on furlough nearby that weekend and whose alleged confession contained inaccuracies, and a man named Gregory, arrested for public indecency at the park in August 1993 who had scratches on his arms. No arrests were made and the case remains unsolved.

Does anyone who visited Meigs Point in June 1992 or knew Linda remember anything that could help this investigation?