On August 11, 1981, 80-year-old Rose Lederman of Silver Lake, Los Angeles, was found strangled in her home. Her death was one of several attacks on elderly women in the East Hollywood–Silver Lake area during the early 1980s that investigators later linked together.

Investigators eventually connected Rose Lederman’s murder to a suspect who attended a nearby rehabilitation center. Evidence recovered during a renewed inquiry into dozens of deaths in 1981–1983 tied merchandise from Lederman’s home to that suspect, and a shoe print matched one found at another scene. The suspect was arrested during a November 1983 burglary attempt and later charged in multiple cases; Lederman was named among the victims in those prosecutions.

If anyone knew Rose Lederman, her routines, or the neighborhood in 1981, please share what might help clarify what happened.