Sharon Benson was 32 when her body was found by a cab driver in a heavily wooded area off the 4600 block of Shepherd Parkway Southwest in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 1990. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. She was discovered fully clothed and there was no evidence of sexual assault.

Five years later, on the same calendar day, Sharon’s 18-year-old son Tyrone Benson was found in the same bushy area off the entrance ramp to the parkway, also shot multiple times. Police have noted the chilling coincidence of date and location and have said the two cases could be connected, but both remain unsolved. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced in Sharon’s killing, and a substantial reward is being offered for information that leads to a conviction.

Anyone who knew Sharon or Tyrone, or who was in the Shepherd Parkway area around those dates, is asked to come forward with information.