freeway phantom

At about 7:00 pm on 1 October 1971, 12-year-old Nenomoshia Yates was walking home from the local Safeway store when she disappeared.

Less than three hours later, her body was found on the shoulder of Pennsylvania Avenue in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She had been raped and strangled. Her shoes were missing, and unidentified green fibres adhered to her clothing.

A witness said she saw her enter a blue Volkswagen, but the report failed to produce a viable suspect.