Margaret Everson Fossi was a 25-year-old architecture student at Rice University who was reported missing by relatives on January 17, 1982 after a night out with fellow students. She was last seen driving away from the Rice parking lot about 2:30 a.m. on January 17. Her car was found parked a block from her home with two flat tires; it was towed to a police garage and during an inspection the following day her body was discovered locked in the trunk.

An autopsy found Fossi died from asphyxia caused by a blow to the throat. The case was later tied to Coral Eugene Watts, who confessed to attacking and killing her and said he disposed of her body in the trunk and burned her belongings, including shoes, purse, and architectural blueprints. Watts was arrested in May 1982 after attempting to murder two other women; he confessed to multiple murders but was granted immunity from prosecution for certain crimes as part of a cooperation deal, so no charge was filed in Fossi’s homicide.

Does anyone have memories from that Rice University neighborhood or information that could shed light on Margaret’s last night?