Robin Barnes was 15 when she was abducted from a neighborhood in Louisville on May 18, 1981. Three days later her body was found in a wooded area; investigators determined she had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Family accounts described further injuries including gunshot wounds to the chest, under the chin and through the temple, plus a broken left wrist consistent with a struggle.

Her death became linked to two other women killed over the following two years. A 16-year-old who escaped an abduction in June 1983 provided a description that led to an arrest. The suspect, Beoria Simmons, later confessed to the murders of Robin Barnes, Shannon House and Nancy Bettman and was convicted of murder, rape and multiple counts of kidnapping.

Does anyone have memories of Robin or information about her life in Louisville that might help keep her story alive?