Carrie Mae Jefferson was a 32-year-old African American postal worker from Houston who was murdered on the night of April 16, 1982. She had just returned home from her downtown post office shift when, according to later confessions, Coral Eugene Watts accosted her outside her residence, choked her into semiconsciousness, forced her into the trunk of her car, drove her to White Oak Bayou, killed her, and buried her body near the bayou. Her car was later returned to the street where she lived, discovered by her family.

Her disappearance initially baffled investigators and led to scrutiny of her husband, James Jefferson, while their daughters Tawanda and Jakisha slept at home; Tawanda was 12 at the time and later recalled the confusion and dread that followed. Watts later confessed and led police to graves, including Jefferson’s. Her daughter Tawanda later worked the same post office shift her mother had held. Does anyone have memories of Carrie Mae Jefferson, her family, or that neighborhood in April 1982 that could add detail to the case?