Barbara Bethune Ware was 23 when her body was found in the 1300 block of East 56th Street in the Central-Alameda area of Los Angeles on January 10, 1987. A witness called 911 after seeing her body being dumped from a van and gave a description and a license plate number that investigators later traced. The van itself was located in a church parking lot about 4.5 miles from where Ware’s body was discovered.

Investigators later linked Ware to a series of murders attributed to Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who was arrested on July 7, 2010, and charged in connection with multiple killings across several decades. Reports say DNA evidence connected Franklin to Ware and other victims; the case prompted renewed attention to how investigations proceeded in affected neighborhoods. What details do readers remember about East 56th Street or activity in that area around January 1987 that might shed light on Ware’s final movements?