Lucy Grant, a 92-year-old White woman from Los Angeles, was found dead in her home on November 8, 1974. Investigators determined she had been sexually assaulted and murdered; her residence showed clear signs of forced entry and burglary during the same incident. The case was classified as a homicide and entered Los Angeles County’s files.

Decades later, DNA evidence linked a primary suspect in a series of unsolved homicides of elderly women to several crime scenes. John Floyd Thomas Jr., identified and arrested on March 31, 2009, was charged in a multi-victim indictment that included Lucy Grant’s murder. Prosecutors tied him to her death by a pattern of sexual assault, strangulation, and theft that matched his methods. Thomas later pleaded guilty and received life imprisonment without parole.

Anyone who knew Lucy Grant or has information about her life or the events of November 8, 1974, is asked to come forward.