Carol Ann Zastudil, 36, of Massillon, Ohio, was found dead in her family home at 2668 Graydon Avenue Southwest on December 21, 1983. She lived there with her husband Richard and their two children. On the morning of her death Richard left for work around 7:15 a.m.; the children boarded the school bus shortly afterward. Richard returned home later after picking up a sick son and discovered Carol’s body in the daughter’s room.

Carol had been brutally killed with her throat cut. Her purse and drawers were ransacked and about $500 was missing. The family usually took precautions after Carol had surprised an intruder in the home a few months earlier, but that morning the garage door had been left open. While the scene suggested robbery as a motive, the level of violence pointed to complications beyond a simple burglary. The Perry Township Police Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have been involved and the case remains unsolved.

Does anyone who lived in Massillon in 1983 or who knew the Zastudil family have information that could help investigators?