Tammy Williams was 17 and from Brooklyn, Connecticut, when she was abducted on January 5, 1982 while walking home from her boyfriend’s house. She had been at a local spot the night before, listening to music with a friend, and was remembered by that friend as warm and fun, with a heart of gold. Several days after she disappeared, her body was found in a wooded area; investigators determined she had been raped and strangled.

The case went cold until the arrest in 1984 of Michael Bruce Ross, who grew up in Brooklyn and had attended school with Tammy. Ross confessed to multiple murders and was later convicted for Tammy Williams’s killing. His conviction and sentence provided answers to a long-unsolved loss for Tammy’s family and community.

If anyone knew Tammy, her routines, or saw anything suspicious near the area where she was taken, please share information that could help remember her and her last day.