Nancy Anderson's Unsolved Murder Is Getting A New Look By A Cold Case Squad.

Nancy Elaine Anderson

She was born on November 10th, 1952 in Bay City, Michigan to Merle Vern Anderson and Thelma Bernice Brown Anderson.  Merle died in a Dow Chemical Plant explosion in 1966. Nancy had nine siblings. She was a 1970 graduate of John Glenn High School in Michigan.

It was January 7th, 1972, 19-year-old Nancy had moved to Hawaii two months prior and had just returned from visiting her family for Christmas and New Year's. She was staying at 222 Aloha Dr. in Waikiki and had a job at the Ala Moana Center McDonald's restaurant. Nancy went to Hawaii to mainly experience a new place before going to college. She was always intrigued by the islands.

Nancy was last seen by her roommate, Jody Spooner, at about 4 p.m. in their apartment. When Jody woke up from a nap at around 5:15 p.m. to find Nancy's body on her bedroom floor. She was half-dressed in her uniform, had been stabbed to death with a knife.

Police believe that Nancy knew her killer and let them in. She was not robbed when she was attacked in the bathroom. The balcony doors to the seventh-floor apartment had been closed and locked earlier, and were still locked when her body was found. The building elevator, operated by keys issued to residents, secures the building and the fire stairwell door does not open from the lobby. Doors to each apartment have peep holes. She did not have a car and authorities speculates perhaps that maybe her killer was someone who had offered her a ride.

Homicide detectives questioned two salesmen who were seen Nancy but neither was arrested. 

Someone had dropped a bloody towel down the stairwell. Authorities believe it was the murderer's. They tested the towel in the late 1990's and found DNA. I don't know more about the DNA beyond that point. 

A Cold Case Squad is taking another look into Nancy's murder. 

"Ultimately we want to bring someone to prosecution but if not at least bring some kind of closure to the family, at least remind them someone still cares," Detective Ogawa said.

Nancy's brother Jack, who is currently in Washington State, is hoping for answers. 

"We come from a very loving family and forgiving family so we're not looking for retribution or anything we just simply want as much closure as closure can possibly give,"  Jack said.