Morraine Michelle Armstrong was 24 when she was killed in her Rochester, New York apartment on New Year’s Eve, 1990. She was found at 509 Lake Avenue strangled with electrical cords; she was wearing only a single sock, a detail that investigators said suggested a sudden, violent struggle. Neighbors were canvassed and a man across the street at 512 Lake Avenue, Robert Bruce Spahalski, initially told police he did not know her.

The case went cold for years. On November 8, 2005, Spahalski walked into the Rochester Police Department and confessed, saying he had been with Armstrong in her apartment and had strangled her. He admitted details investigators said only the killer would know and was charged with five counts of second-degree murder, including Armstrong’s killing.

Are there readers who knew Morraine or who remember the Lake Avenue neighborhood in 1990 and have information that could still be helpful?