Reita L. Long, 52, was found dead on September 30, 2010, on the steps outside the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston. She was fully clothed and had suffered trauma to her neck; emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene. Forensic analysis later determined she had been strangled with a black bra.

Long was homeless at the time and had formerly worked as a teacher; she was also known to suffer from mental illness. Personal items including a METRO bus card and identification were missing, which investigators noted as a possible robbery. DNA from the bra and scrapings from Long’s fingernails matched a profile in the national DNA database, and a suspect, Lucky Ward, a 46-year-old homeless male with a lengthy criminal record, was arrested on November 4, 2010, near the scene. Ward confessed to the killing and was charged with capital murder and held without bond. Authorities were also considering him a suspect in two other downtown deaths but had not filed charges in those cases at the time of his arrest.

Did anyone in Houston see Reita in the days before September 30, 2010, or have information about her belongings disappearing that could help clarify what happened?