Ebon Charlynn Hicks, 42, was killed after her motorcycle broke down near Seguin, Texas, on September 21, 1974. Stranded on the roadside, she encountered Paul John Knowles, who abducted, raped, and strangled her. Her body was found discarded near a rest stop.

Knowles was engaged in a cross-country killing spree during that period; investigators later linked Hicks’ death to him. Knowles was not tried for Hicks’ murder or the other killings. He was shot and killed by a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent on December 18, 1974, while attempting to escape custody.

If anyone knew Charlynn Hicks or has information about her last movements near Seguin in September 1974, please share what you know.