Norma Maxham, 75, was found murdered in her Fairplain, Michigan home after an October 17, 1976 confrontation with her tenant, Gregory Teron. Maxham had asked Teron to leave because of the filthy condition of his room; that request escalated into a violent assault. He then left, bought pizza and beer, returned to the room, ate and drank in the presence of her body, showered, and watched a football game before stealing money and fleeing the state.

Teron was later arrested in Florida and, while awaiting trial in Michigan, strangled his cellmate Earnie Crane with a bedsheet after trying to force Crane to kill himself. Teron was convicted of first-degree murder in Maxham’s death and sentenced to life without parole. Reports also link him to an earlier California killing of Earl Reed by smothering.

Did anyone in Fairplain remember Norma Maxham or have information about her last days?