On January 8, 1987, 28-year-old Jeanne Durkin was found beneath a fruit stand on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia. She was discovered face down, nude from the waist down, her legs splayed, having been stabbed at least 74 times. The extreme violence and the public location drew immediate attention from law enforcement and the community.

Durkin was the fourth known victim linked to a series later associated with the suspected Frankford Slasher. Investigators said the cases shared patterns: all the victims were women, sexually assaulted, and stabbed multiple times. A special task force was formed to investigate the connected killings.

No suspect had been identified at the time of Durkin’s murder. An arrest in 1990 led to the conviction of Leonard Christopher for the killing of Carol Dowd, but reports say Christopher did not match witness descriptions from several cases and there was no physical evidence tying him to Durkin. Jeanne Durkin’s murder remains officially unsolved.

Did anyone in Philadelphia around Frankford Avenue in January 1987 see something that might help this case?