Virginia Trimble Ritter 's daughter , Marcia , was raped and choked to death by Jerome Sydney Barrett in 1975 . The case was Memphis 's most notorious unsolved murder for 33 years . Ritter , who did not see her daughter 's body at the time , recently asked to see the photos investigators took at the scene . After seeing the photos , Ritter said she shouted , 'If I had a gun I 'd kill him ! '
Virginia Trimble Ritter 's daughter , Marcia , was raped and choked to death by Jerome Sydney Barrett in 1975 . The case was Nashville 's most notorious unsolved murder for 33 years . Ritter , who did not see her daughter 's body at the time , recently asked to see the photos investigators took at the scene . After seeing the photos , Ritter said she shouted , 'If I had a gun I 'd kill him ! '