Lesa And Myself went to school together, The last time I had seen her was around summer I think she had just had a new Baby, we talked for a while waiting on our order to come up, I did meet her Daughter when I lived down the street And met her, I remember say's what's her name? she smiled and said Her name. I am not mentioning the Daughter's name out of respect, And hope she reply's to my message Then I will ask May I use her name? I had always wanted to know what happened to Lesa But Never could find anything until about a year ago. I still have memories And later will she them After Family give's me the it's ok. For now TO The person who has done this, In time you will be caught, Lesa did not need to end up like this! did you think about her loved one's, Friends And other's who were upset beyond words? I want to know why?

Thank you for your post. This keeps Lesa's memory alive. She was a person. A person who did not deserve this ending to her life. She had a child to raise and a future that was taken from her.

Lesa Irene Otberg was 24 when she was last seen getting into a car on Division Avenue in Grand Rapids in the early hours of January 2, 1994. Described as a vibrant young mother who struggled with drug addiction and sex work, she left behind a nine-year-old daughter and a grieving family.

On March 28, 1994, a person walking a dog in Muskegon — about 40 miles from where she was last seen — found Lesa’s body under a bush. She was naked and had been strangled; her death was ruled a homicide. Investigators later noted that her murder shared similarities with a string of killings of women in the Grand Rapids area during the 1990s, but Lesa’s case remained unsolved.

A 2022 arrest and conviction of truck driver Garry Dean Artman in a separate 1996 murder led to reports he confessed to other killings before his death, but officials have not publicly confirmed any connection to Lesa’s death. Does anyone have information that could help finally answer what happened to Lesa?