In spring 2001 a road crew mowing grass alongside Highway 67 near West Alton, Missouri, discovered the body of 36-year-old Teresa Wilson. Teresa was African American and had struggled with drug addiction and sex work; family and friends described her as a loving mother who had recently sought help at a drug rehabilitation center and hoped to reunite with her daughter.

Teresa’s death was later linked to a series of killings in the St. Louis area attributed to a perpetrator called the Streetwalker Strangler. In May 2002 an anonymous letter sent to a reporter pointed investigators to another victim and led to evidence traced to a computer owned by Maury Troy Travis. A search of his Ferguson home uncovered a basement torture chamber and videotapes documenting some crimes. Travis was arrested but died by suicide in jail on June 10, 2002, before trial, leaving families without a court conviction.

Did anyone who knew Teresa or her whereabouts in early 2001 see anything that could still help clarify what happened to her?