Nancy Jean Heard, 24, was found dead on January 2, 1975, in a wooded area near Bulow Creek Road just north of Ormond Beach, Florida. Her remains were partially concealed under tree branches; investigators determined she had been strangled and stabbed twice. Reports indicate her underwear was pulled down and her shirt pulled up, and it was concluded she was killed at the location where her body was found.

Born August 13, 1950, in Georgetown, South Carolina, Nancy Jean Heard was buried at Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens in Georgetown. In 1982 Gerald Stano confessed to her murder, stating he had picked her up while she was hitchhiking on Interstate 4 and that an argument led to her death.

Did anyone who knew Nancy or who lived along Interstate 4 or near Bulow Creek Road in early January 1975 see anything that might help explain what happened?