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Susan Eads' body was found nude, in the brush on an empty lot on NASA Road One in Seabrook, TX. Police determined she had been raped and strangled to death by the bodysuit that she wore that night. Her 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was found in the parking lot of the Gulf States Yachts boat store (now out of business) very near to where her body was found,
but her purse missing.
The last people to see Eads alive at a place called Jason’s Club said an unknown man had asked her to dance, but she declined. Seabrook Police worked up a composite sketch of the mysterious man, but couldn't say definitively whether or not he had any involvement in her murder, as Susan had been seen leaving alone that night.
Susan was a young and vivacious aspiring model who worked at the Prickly Pear Bar in Webster, TX and also worked part-time for Charlie’s Bar in Nassau Bay. Susan was last seen leaving her job in Nassau Bay on the night of August the 30th. Susan was wearing her Clear Lake High School Class ring and a gold necklace when she left, but the items were not recovered on her body or in her car.
The case heated up when a strange man started calling Susan Eads’ mother. Most times, he would hang up without saying anything. Then one day, he started to talk. Police were there to record the calls. The caller claimed he had pictures of Eads and would show them to her mother. Whether the pictures were taken before or after Eads' death, the man would not say.
The man on the phone claimed his name was “Bill,” and that he lived in Houston on Telephone Road, but he always hung up before investigators could trace the call and "Bill" never actually made good his suggested plans to meet with Eads' mother to show her the photos he had of Susan.
Numerous leads were developed early on in the investigation but ultimately, the case turned cold.
Side note: From the pictures I found Susan looks like a blonde/dirty blonde to me, but the newspaper article I've linked calls her a "vivacious brunette."
Missing Pieces: Police hope newly released call recordings help crack cold case
The Murder of Susan Eads | gone cold podcast