Lori Hand was 21 when she was found dead at her home at 191 S. Eureka Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, on September 9, 1979. She had been suffocated and her death was classified as a homicide. At the time, her marriage to Gerald Hand was reportedly troubled and Lori had told friends about difficulties in the relationship. Her body was discovered while Gerald was supposedly out of town, a circumstance that prompted prolonged investigation.

Decades later investigators reexamined a pattern of deaths involving women connected to Gerald Hand, including Donna Hand, who was found murdered under similar circumstances. Although Gerald Hand was later tried and convicted of multiple murders related to other incidents, Lori’s case remains listed by the Columbus Police Department and state agencies as an unsolved homicide pending forensic advances or new witness testimony. If anyone knew Lori, her movements in September 1979, or has information about that household, please come forward.