On January 4, 1981, the body of 43-year-old African American woman Jennie Morman was found in her Cleveland apartment. She had been strangled with a scarf and her face was covered with two pillows. At the time, Morman’s daughter was dating Reginald Perkins, who was later identified as a suspect and questioned by police, but investigators lacked sufficient evidence to charge him then.

Perkins had a documented history of violent crimes, including a prior rape conviction, and later was convicted for the murder of his stepmother in Texas and placed on death row. Subsequent DNA testing linked him to other killings in Fort Worth, including 79-year-old Hattie Wilson and 44-year-old Shirley Douglas. Perkins was never formally charged in Morman’s death, though later developments have implicated him in multiple unsolved cases.

Anyone with memories or information about Jennie Morman, her apartment, or her circle in Cleveland in 1981 is asked to come forward with tips.