Rochelle Clifford Dopierala was 28 when she disappeared from New Bedford, Massachusetts, in April 1988. Her remains were found months later, on December 10, 1988, by ATV riders in a gravel pit off Reed Road in Dartmouth, about two miles from Route 195. She was partially clothed, and investigators determined she had been beaten to death.

Her case was later linked to the New Bedford Highway murders, a series of killings of women in the late 1980s. Investigators believed many of the victims, including Dopierala, had ties to high-risk lifestyles involving drugs and sex work. In 1990 New Bedford attorney Kenneth Ponte was indicted for her murder amid allegations she knew of his illegal activities and was silenced; those charges were dropped a year later for insufficient evidence.

The killing remains unsolved. Does anyone with memories of New Bedford or Dartmouth in 1988 have information that could help bring answers?