Jane Murdaugh, 77, died on May 15, 2007, in Searcy, Arkansas, after living for more than five years with catastrophic injuries from an earlier attack. On March 11, 2002, when she was 71, someone forced entry through a back door of her Fairview Road home and brutally beat her. Her daughter found her between the kitchen and dining room with multiple severe head wounds.

The White County Sheriff’s Office questioned several people after the 2002 assault but did not obtain enough evidence to charge anyone. Her 2007 death was ruled a homicide linked to those injuries, and the investigation remains an active cold case. No arrests have ever been made and the attacker or attackers have not been identified.

If anyone knew Jane, lived near Fairview Road in 2002, or has information that might help the investigation, please share what is known with law enforcement.