Patricia Khan, 30, was shot to death in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, on June 5, 1982, during a violent confrontation tied to a rent dispute with her landlord, Earl Preston Jones. Khan and a co-tenant, Charles Rambert, had resisted Jones’ demand that they vacate the property and said he would need to evict them formally. That night Jones entered the home and shot both Khan and Rambert with a 12-gauge shotgun while they slept; both victims died at the scene.

Jones was arrested and charged in the killings. At trial his attorneys raised mental illness in mitigation as they sought to avoid the death penalty; Jones refused to cooperate with his defense or with prosecutors. In February 1985 he was sentenced to death for the murders of Khan and Rambert.

Does anyone have memories of Sun Valley in 1982 or information about Patricia Khan’s life that could help preserve her story?