In the winter of 1985, 19-year-old Diana Lynn Hanley of Jonesboro was found murdered in a remote area off the O’Kean Cut-off Road near Pocahontas, Arkansas. A trapper discovered her on January 19; her body was partially concealed beneath branches. The medical examiner recorded three deep stab wounds to the throat from a large knife, bruising to the jaw, and bound wrists and ankles. Her clothing was in disarray and the examiner believed a sexual assault had likely occurred.

Diana had been left at home on January 6 wearing a red robe her boyfriend, Darrell Meredith, had given her. When Meredith returned from work that evening she was gone; her car, purse, and other belongings remained. A cash box was emptied and a large Bowie knife was missing from the kitchen. Meredith had recently hired a man who called himself Michael Haroldson, later identified as Michael Anthony Ronning, for construction work. Witnesses placed Ronning’s distinctive rusted 1965 Plymouth at Meredith’s home on the morning Diana disappeared, and police found Ronning hiding behind his residence and arrested him on January 7, 1985.

Who knew Diana or had contact with her in Jonesboro or Pocahontas in early January 1985 and can add details about her last days?