Mildred Szymanski

Mildred Szymanski was an elderly woman living alone in the Los Angeles suburb of San Atanasio when she was raped and strangled by the South Bay Strangler. Neighbours in her building, the Sunbreeze Apartments, became concerned when they hadn't seen or spoken to her for three days and one called the police. When the police arrived, they found the bedroom a mess and Szymanski naked from the waist down. At the age of 77, she had put up a fight but was overpowered and killed by the strangler.