Lawanda Lechelle Beck, 26, was found murdered in Stockton, California, on August 11, 1997. Her body showed she had been raped and then shot execution-style. Beck was a mother of several children and had faced a difficult life before her death.

Investigators later linked Beck’s killing to two other female victims: Victoria Bell, killed in Oakland in 1988, and Gwendolyn Lee, whose body was recovered in San Joaquin County on July 2, 1997. DNA from the scenes matched William Jennings Choyce of Oakland, and ballistics tied the same firearm to the deaths of Beck and Lee. Choyce was charged in those cases.

Anyone who knew Lawanda, her movements in Stockton before August 11, 1997, or who has information about her life or the investigation is asked to come forward.