On July 13, 1984, Marlene Walters, 44, was fatally bludgeoned in her Norwood, Ohio, home after two people posing as prospective buyers for a camper gained entry. Her husband, Harry, was beaten so severely with a wooden candlestick that his skull was fractured; he was found barely alive. Their daughter Sheri returned home later that afternoon and discovered both parents bound and gagged in the basement. Marlene had suffered an estimated 20 to 25 blows to the head and did not survive.

The attackers fled in the Walters’ car. Seven days later, on July 20, 1984, the suspects were arrested in Evanston, Illinois; they were subsequently tried in Ohio for the aggravated murder of Marlene Walters. For readers who remember Norwood in 1984 or who knew the Walters family, any recollections about that day, the visitors who came to the house, or the vehicle that left afterward could help fill gaps in the case’s timeline.