In 1982, 20-year-old aspiring model Sherry Ellen Rowland had taken work as a graveyard shift clerk at a 7-Eleven convenience store to supplement her lifestyle in-between modeling gigs. Almost immediately upon starting her shift on November 27th, Sherry began receiving obscene phone calls. Even though a Fort Worth Police Officer began patrolling the store to make sure Sherry was okay, and that the calls were only a bad prank, an unknown assailant entered the store at some point between 2:20 and 3:50 AM, raped, and killed the 20-year-old. Though perpetrators of the incredibly large number of armed robberies ended up on the suspect list, the Fort Worth Police never found Sherry’s killer. Currently, Sherry Rowland’s case is being actively investigated by the Fort Worth Police Cold Case Unit.

If you have any information about the rape and murder of Sherry Ellen Rowland in November of 1982, please contact the Fort Worth Cold Case Unit at (817)392-4308. You can also report information to Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at (817)469-8477.

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