Barbara Grams was 19 when she was attacked after walking home from her job at the Hot Potato restaurant in Tampa Bay Center on the night of August 18, 1983. Her beaten and sexually assaulted body was found the next morning behind a dental office about ten blocks from her residence in Tampa Heights. Investigators concluded she had been bludgeoned—likely with a piece of two‑by‑four lumber—raped, and had bite‑mark‑like wounds on her face.

An early arrest led to the 1985 conviction of Robert DuBoise, who served nearly 37 years protesting his innocence before DNA testing of the preserved rape kit excluded him. Subsequent national DNA searches linked the original evidence to Amos Earl Robinson and Abron Scott. Both men, already serving life sentences for other violent crimes, were indicted in August 2022 on charges including first‑degree murder and rape in Grams’s death. Scott later pleaded guilty and received additional consecutive life terms; Robinson remains in custody and is awaiting trial with prosecutors indicating he could face the death penalty.

With those indictments, law enforcement considers the case solved after almost four decades. Did anyone who knew Barbara or her routine in Tampa Heights notice anything unusual the night of August 18, 1983?