Rosemary Elaine Stephens Jackson was 32 when she was kidnapped, robbed, raped, and murdered on October 7, 1978, in the Duluth, Georgia, area.

Investigators linked the attack to a multi-state crime spree. Buddy Earl Justus is identified as the primary suspect; he had picked up an 18-year-old hitchhiker, Dale Goins, after an earlier homicide in Virginia. Justus and Goins are said to have continued south, committing further killings in Georgia and Florida. Justus later pleaded guilty in Georgia to Jackson’s murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, armed robbery, and rape and was sentenced to death in that state; Goins received multiple life sentences in Georgia and Florida after his defense argued he played a lesser, coerced role.

Anyone who knew Rosemary, saw her on October 7, 1978, or has information about her abduction and killing is asked to come forward.