Eve Wilkowitz was 20 when she was murdered in March 1980 after walking from the Long Island Rail Road station in Bayshore, New York, toward her apartment following a date. Days later her body was found on a nearby lawn; an autopsy determined she had been raped and strangled.

Investigators preserved DNA from the scene and periodically checked it against criminal databases without a match. Decades later, investigators used genetic genealogy to find a distant relative, which led them to Herbert Rice, who was 29 and living near where Eve’s body was found at the time of the killing. Rice had died of cancer in 1991; his remains were exhumed and a DNA sample taken, which matched the crime-scene evidence.

After 42 years the person linked to Eve’s murder was identified, bringing a measure of closure to her family, including her younger sister, Irene. If anyone remembers Eve, her movements that night, or knew someone living near Bayshore in 1980, please come forward with information.