Bernita Rochelle Sparks, 26, was found dead on April 15, 1987, in a trash bin in the 9400 block of South Western Avenue in Gramercy Park, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department reported she had been shot with a small-caliber gun.

Her killing was later connected to a series attributed to a perpetrator known as the Grim Sleeper.

There are still unanswered questions about the investigation’s early handling and the delays that affected these cases. If anyone has information about Bernita Sparks, her activities in 1987, or remember seeing anything in the Gramercy Park area that spring, please share what is known.