Geraldine “ Gerry” E Butts
Case #: O-51-07139

Age / Sex / Race: 27 / Female / White
Location of Homicide: Near a tavern off Sandy Hook Road
County: Washington
Date / Time: 3 / 20 / 1983
Cause of Death: Blunt Force
Details: Gerry Butts left a tavern in Boonsboro with the intent of walking home to Brunswick. Somewhere between those two locations, Mrs. Butts met her attacker(s) who took her to the Sandy Hook area of Washington Co. Evidence shows Mrs. Butts was killed at that location and placed in the Potomac River. Her remains were recovered from the river on 04-22-1983.
Investigator: Detective Sergeant John Cook
Maryland State Police - Cold Case Unit
1201 Reisterstown Road
Pikesville, Maryland  21208
410-290-0050
jgcook@mdsp.org