Hazel Connof, 23, was found dead on March 10, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan. Her body was discovered tied to a chain-link fence in her boyfriend’s driveway, with her own belt tightened around her neck. Investigators reported no signs of rape or robbery, a detail that suggested the killing was not motivated by theft.

Connof’s death came amid a series of similar attacks in Michigan that left victims found near homes or places they had recently been. The press dubbed the unknown perpetrator the Sunday Morning Slasher as that pattern emerged. Her homicide later became associated with Carl Eugene Watts—also known as Coral and linked to crimes from 1974 to 1982—who was arrested on May 23, 1982. Watts pleaded guilty in Houston to burglary with intent to commit murder, received a 60-year sentence, and admitted to multiple killings; when immunity was not extended by other jurisdictions he stopped cooperating. Michigan later secured convictions of Watts for other murders, but there was no separate trial verdict for Hazel Connof.

Does anyone have memories or information about Hazel, her life in Detroit, or the area around her boyfriend’s home in 1980?