On Tuesday, 1/15/85, at approximately 4:35 p.m., Josephine Dawda was discovered lying on the kitchen floor of her residence located at 12 Olyphant Drive, Morristown, NJ, by her live-in companion. Ms. Dawda had been stabbed in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A suspect in the homicide was seen near the residence. This suspect was described in January 1985 as a black male in his late 20's, approximately 6' tall, slender build, slender legs, light skin, thin curly sideburns, small jaw line and chin, and dark eyes. At the time of the murder, this person was wearing a medium blue waist-length quilted ski jacket, maroon or burgundy shirt and a knitted white and black ski cap.