Marshall Singer, 66, was murdered on September 20, 1986, in Los Angeles. His killing is listed among a series of homicides attributed to Michael Player, known as The Skid Row Slayer. Player’s victims were primarily homeless people in the Skid Row area and were shot in the back of the head; Singer, who was not homeless, was killed in the early hours, consistent with that pattern.

Player’s spree began on September 4, 1986, and continued until his arrest in October 1986. He was briefly detained and released after the first killing for lack of evidence, but investigators later linked multiple killings by method and other information that led to his identification and arrest. The case drew attention to the vulnerability of marginalized people and the difficulties in prosecuting serial killings that target them.

Did anyone who knew Marshall Singer or who was in Skid Row in September 1986 see anything that could help clarify his last movements or what happened that night?