On June 6, 1975, 50-year-old Marianne Mitzner was found dead in the bathroom of the Mitzner Rare Coin Shop in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her son discovered her body; her hands and feet were bound and she had been shot three times in the head, including an entry wound inside her mouth. Investigators reported that a significant number of rare coins and money were missing, and concluded the murder occurred during a robbery.

An early person of interest was described as a Caucasian male about 5 feet 8 inches and 140 pounds, with medium-length blonde hair, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and seen on a dark-colored motorcycle. The case later produced an arrest and conviction: Wesley H. Peery was convicted for Mitzner’s murder. While incarcerated he confessed to other violent crimes, was convicted in another murder, and said he was responsible for a third unsolved Lincoln-area killing and for raping and beating women in other states. Peery was sentenced to death and died of a heart attack in 1988 while on death row.

Did anyone in Lincoln at the time recognize the description of the motorcycle rider or recall unusual activity near the coin shop in early June 1975?