On July 22, 1977 the body of 30-year-old Maralie Wilson was found near the downtown train tracks in Schenectady, New York. She had been strangled and her body showed severe post-mortem mutilation. Wilson had been abducted the previous day while in the vicinity of Jay Street, where she worked.

Investigators focused on Lemuel Smith after witnesses placed a man matching his description near where Wilson was last seen and a patrolman spotted him in the area. Bite marks on Wilson’s body were forensically compared to Smith’s dental impressions and reported as a positive match. Smith later confessed and was indicted for Wilson’s murder.

Prosecutors ultimately dismissed the murder charge against Smith because he was already serving life sentences for other murders and assaults, and officials decided another trial would not change his status. Does anyone have memories, documents, or leads about Wilson, her life, or the days around her abduction that could add detail to the record?