On Wednesday, October, 3, 1979 in the morning hour’s police responded to the victim’s residence. The victim was found deceased at the residence. The victim died of blunt force trauma. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

There are currently no updates for this case.

The New Castle County Police Cold Case Unit is part of the department’s Criminal Investigations Division and includes cold case investigators. The Unit typically handles cases that have remained unsolved after a year, and after all investigative leads have been exhausted by the primary investigator.

Members of the Cold Case Unit work tirelessly to pursue new leads in these cases, and to deliver justice on behalf of those who have been affected by crime.

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If you have any information about this cold case, please contact New Castle County Police’s Cold Case Detectives. Detective Brian Shahan at (302) 395-2781 or via email at BShahan@nccde.org or Retired Sergeant Glenn Davis at (302) 395-8216 or via email.

Citizens can also submit a tip via our website at http://www.nccpd.com.,or (IM) on the New Castle County Division of Police Facebook page.

Citizens can also submit a tip anonymously by text. Send a text to 847411 with NCCDE in the text field and your tip.

You can also submit a tip via our website at http://www.nccpd.com.

You can also provide information to Delaware Crime Stoppers at ‪1-800-TIP-3333 or ‪delawarecrimestoppers.org. Delaware Crime Stoppers program is a non-profit organization led by dedicated citizens against crime. No police will come to your home – it’s completely anonymous and best of all, Delaware Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards if your tip leads to an arrest.

Any information could potentially be used to bring criminals to justice and provide peace for the families who have lost their loved one.