Kristin OConnell, 20, was visiting a young man in Ovid, New York, when she left a gathering at his trailer for an evening walk on August 14, 1985. She phoned her mother earlier that night upset and said she would cut the visit short and go home the next day. Witnesses later saw her walking barefoot on County Road 139 without her purse; some said a car pulled up beside her and others reported seeing two men following at a distance. A loud scream was heard in the area soon after.

Kristin was reported missing about 13 hours later. On August 16 her naked body was found in a nearby cornfield less than a quarter-mile from the trailer. The autopsy documented multiple stab wounds to the chest and a slit throat; no sexual assault was found and no alcohol was present.

Did anyone in or around Ovid that August night see Kristin or the vehicle and people described by witnesses?