Timothy Brian Ingham was 19 when he disappeared from Indio Hills, Riverside County, California on September 15, 1976. His body was found nine days later, on September 24, 1976, in a ravine. The postmortem finding recorded that he had been shot in the back of the head while he was sleeping.

Investigators pursued the case and ultimately an individual was arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for Timothy’s murder. The conviction brought a legal resolution to a crime that had deeply affected the local community.

If anyone knew Timothy, lived in Indio Hills in September 1976, or has additional information about that period, please share what you remember.