On January 23, 1984, Joyce Baldwin, 45, was working in a beauty salon in a small Hampton, Virginia shopping center around noon when a man entered and talked with her about hair care products. The man then produced a gun and demanded money. Baldwin complied, placing cash from the register into a bag, but was shot in the head and killed.

Police linked the killing to Syvasky Lafayette Poyner after he called investigators on February 1, 1984 claiming to have information and was arrested on a Hampton warrant in Newport News on February 4, 1984. After being advised of his Miranda rights, Poyner confessed to Baldwin’s murder and, according to police, later admitted to four other women killed in the region over an eleven-day period; about fourteen hours after his first confession he gave a videotaped second confession admitting to all five murders.

Does anyone have information about Joyce Baldwin, her life, or remembering that shopping center on January 23, 1984?