Heather Roxanne Scaggs was 20 when she disappeared on May 2, 1981, after arranging to meet David Carpenter, an ex-convict who worked with her at a printing trade school in Hayward. She planned to drive with Carpenter to Santa Cruz to look at a car she was considering buying but never returned from that trip. Hikers later found her body in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Big Basin Redwoods State Park; she had been raped and shot to death.

Carpenter was questioned by San Jose police on May 8, 1981, about Heather’s disappearance and was held in the Santa Cruz County Jail without bail. He was already suspected in other attacks and killings in the region. Heather is remembered by family and friends as a lover of nature, photography, and hiking.

Does anyone who knew Heather or who was in the Santa Cruz Mountains around May 2, 1981, have information that could shed light on her last movements?