Shirley Dean Taylor, 23, was found dead on July 20, 1986, in Medina County, Ohio. Her remains were discovered behind a guardrail at a rest area off Interstate 76, a few miles from Interstate 71. She had been beaten and strangled and was partially clothed; her underwear and shoes were missing.

Shirley was last seen at the Union 76 truck stop in Austintown, Ohio, where witnesses say she went to meet a regular client known only by the alias Dr. No. Investigators suspect Dr. No was a long-haul truck driver who used CB radio to contact women at truck stops. Shirley’s killing fits a pattern linked to a suspected serial offender active in the 1980s who targeted women working at truck stops and left victims in remote roadside locations, often missing undergarments and shoes.

No arrests were made in Shirley’s death. Agencies across jurisdictions and the FBI reviewed related cases but investigators never produced a definitive forensic link, and the alias Dr. No has not been identified. Did anyone know Shirley, her routines, or the people who worked the Union 76 truck stop in Austintown?