Betty Jagodzinski, 76, was found unconscious at the bottom of the basement stairs of her Bronson Avenue home in Toledo, Ohio, on March 6, 2001. Family members discovered her and called for help; she was taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center and died about four hours later from blunt craniocerebral trauma. Her death was ruled a homicide.

There were no signs of forced entry at the residence, but her purse was missing, a detail that prompted investigators to consider a theft-related motive and raised the possibility the person who entered knew her or gained access by other means. The Toledo Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office now list the investigation as a cold case and have repeatedly sought public leads without decisive progress.

Anyone who knew Betty, who was in her neighborhood at the time, or who has information that might help investigators is asked to come forward.