Cynthia Halk, 38, was found dead on July 29, 2001, in Chicago. Her partially clothed body was discovered inside a garbage can in an alley near Clark and Division Streets. Halk had been diagnosed with epilepsy and struggled with drug addiction; she also did sex work and helped care for her grandchildren.

On the day she died, family members dropped her at Provident Hospital on the South Side for treatment related to her epilepsy and asked the hospital to call when she was ready to be picked up. That call never came. Three days later her body was found discarded in a trash container, which shocked her family and community.

Investigators linked her death to Kevin Taylor, who prosecutors say offered Halk $10 for sex after his shift at work. According to the prosecution account, Halk tried to leave and suffered an epileptic seizure, and Taylor then strangled her, took the $10 bill, and discarded her body. Taylor confessed to Halk’s murder and to three other strangulation killings of sex workers between June and August 2001; a fifth woman survived and later identified him in a lineup.

Does anyone have memories of Halk or information about her movements around July 2001 that could add to the record?