Theodate E. Shiner, 75, was found dead in her small Las Vegas home at 130 North 11th Street on January 21, 1974. Authorities determined she had died sometime between January 16 and January 21 after her postal carrier alerted officers to accumulated mail, indicating she had been unseen for days. The coroner ruled the manner of death as asphyxiation.

Investigators found signs of forced entry. Early attempts to open her door left tool marks from someone trying to torque the knob; when that failed the intruder or intruders cut a window screen on the east side and smashed the glass to climb in. There were no reported witnesses to a struggle and no clear timeline beyond those few winter days. No arrests were made and no suspects were identified; the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department lists the case as 74-3041.

Who might have known Theodate Shiner’s routines or noticed unfamiliar activity around 130 North 11th Street between January 16 and January 21, 1974?