Paul Raymond Cavanaugh, 31, was found shot to death on November 27, 1984, on Roberts Island, California. His body and that of Howard King were discovered beside a car on a remote road; both victims are described as drifters. Investigators later linked these killings to Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine, a pair who carried out a series of murders in San Joaquin County during the 1980s and 1990s.

Wesley Shermantine was convicted in 2001 of multiple murders, including the deaths of Paul Cavanaugh and Howard King, and received a death sentence. Loren Herzog was also convicted initially; his convictions were later overturned and he was released on parole, and he died by suicide in 2012. The prosecutions drew on physical evidence and confessions and were affected by legal efforts to consolidate multiple cases under a new serial killer statute.

Does anyone have memories of Roberts Island in late 1984 or information about Cavanaugh or King’s movements before they were killed?