On the morning of Sunday, October 1, 1989, the body of 23-year-old Roxanne Lynn Johnson, who also went by Roxanne Fay Waters, was found in the 3400 block of 4th Street SE, Washington, D.C., outside Ballou High School. Johnson, a Caucasian woman originally from Minnesota who frequently visited the capital, had sustained a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators linked the killing to another homicide by ballistics; the same weapon was later confirmed to have been used in the August 12, 1989, murder of Cori Louise Jones. Johnson’s death was one of several similar slayings of female prostitutes in the area at that time, which prompted concern about a possible serial offender. The Metropolitan Police Department lists the case as unsolved; no suspects or arrests have been publicly announced, and a reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone knew Roxanne, her movements in 1989, or saw anything near 4th Street SE around October 1, please come forward with information.