Marita Elizabeth Choquette was 27 when she disappeared from the East Lansing area on June 15, 1978. She worked as an editorial assistant at WKAR-TV, the public broadcasting station at Michigan State University, and had also been known to staff the university library.

Her mutilated body was found by a farmer in Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, on June 27, 1978. She had been stabbed 17 times and was discovered in a kneeling position. Investigators linked the case to Don Gene Miller, who confessed that he had taken her to breakfast, restrained her, and—after being unable to open the handcuffs—cut off her hands before transporting and covering her body with cinder blocks on the farm property.

Miller’s confession came as part of a broader plea agreement. In 1979 he admitted to killing other women in the East Lansing area and pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter in exchange for information that led to recovery of victims’ bodies; he was also convicted of rape and attempted murder in a separate case. Does anyone have memories of Marita from her time at WKAR-TV or the MSU library that could shed light on her last days?