Debra Ann Slaughter, a 35-year-old African American deli clerk from Charlotte, North Carolina, was murdered on March 12, 1994. She was the daughter of Alfonso Slaughter and Lovie Williams, single and the mother of an 18-year-old son.

The killer was identified as Henry Louis Wallace, who was arrested on March 13, 1994. He confessed to multiple killings in Charlotte between 1990 and 1994 and provided information that led authorities to a previously undiscovered victim. Wallace was later charged and convicted of multiple murders and received death sentences in 1997. The case drew criticism from members of Charlotte’s Black community over delays in recognizing a serial pattern and the urgency given to victims who were predominantly young African American women.

Did anyone who knew Debra or who lived near her apartment in 1994 see or hear anything that could add detail about that March day?