Theft at 31200 BLOCK SOUTHFIELD RD on 01/29/2025 4:36 PM

Name

Raed Alfarah

Missing Age

27

Est. Current Age

48

Last Seen

Madison Heights, MI on 10/16/2003

Physical Description

Race: Other Ethnicity: Other Gender: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180 lbs

Case Number

MP809

Name

Gail Webster

Age

25

Cause of Death

Murder

Info

Gail was alone in her apartment in the 2900 block of dorchester when she was attacked and beaten to death by an unknown person or persons.Gail’s 25 year old daughter discovered her mother’s lifeless body in the apartment they shared. Troy police and paramedics responded, but there was nothing that could be done. That’s when the investigation that’s spanned four decades began.There were no signs of forced entry, nothing taken from the home and no obvious signs of sexual assault. Gail was bludgeoned in the head with an unknown “blunt object.”the 1978 investigation focused on the men in gail’s life, her then boyfriend, a former boyfriend and her ex-husband. There was no known motive for any of these individuals to kill gail and they were all cleared via polygraph or other means.Gail was described by all interviewed as a friendly and well-liked woman. She was a manager at detroit area landmark susie-q’s, formerly located near woodward and 13 mile road. Gail had no history of involvement in any type of criminal or illicit activity.A suspicious incident occurred prior to the murder, on october 2, 1978. Gail’s 25 year old daughter terry went to piper’s alley, a hotspot previously located at 3250 w. Big beaver. Terry lived with gail, and her apartment keys were stolen from her car while she was in the bar. Later that evening, while terry was still out, an unknown individual was heard by gail jostling her apartment door handle. Gail yelled out to the individual and he or she fled. No person or vehicle was seen.Terry spotted a suspicious vehicle, occupied by two white males, 20 to 25 years old, in the parking lot of piper’s alley on the night the keys were stolen. The vehicle was described as a 1968 to 1970 pontiac tempest or chevy, beat up and rusted, blue/green in color. Terry saw on the morning of the murder saw what she thought was the same vehicle on dorchester near coolidge. The driver of that vehicle had blond hair.

Agency

Troy PD