SAN DIEGO — A knock on the door. Screams. Three gunshots. The silhouette of a person running away from the Scripps Ranch home. The screeching of tires.
On March 31, 1986, neighbors and police found 42-year-old Georgia Haggai in her bathrobe, surrounded by a pool of blood in her entryway, on Dichondra Court. Haggai was shot with three bullets from a revolver.
Now, 40 years have passed. San Diego Cold Case detectives continue to search for clues into Haggai’s murder. Despite any new lack of evidence, detectives are confident of one thing: Georgia Haggai knew her killer.
Whether they are family, friends, or neighbors, all agree on one thing: Georgia Haggai was a force. She was independent, a successful business owner who ran a temp agency for accountants and bookkeepers, she led the San Diego Soroptimist Chapter, a group that provides education and training to young women and girls, and she was also a daughter, a sister and an aunt…