Sherry Lynn Smith was 15 when she attended a dance at Garberville’s Firemen’s Hall on the night of April 30, 1976. She was last seen heading toward John Annibel’s car when the dance ended around 2 AM. Her body was found off Eel Rock Road on May 2, 1976, by a motorcyclist who had stopped; she had been severely beaten, throttled to death, and raped, and was found with her pants around her ankles.

Investigators noted similarities between Sherry’s killing and earlier cases involving Janet Lee Bowman and Karen Frances Fisher, which brought John Annibel under suspicion. Annibel was extensively questioned and many dance attendees were interviewed, but law enforcement was unable to press charges in Sherry’s case.

Did anyone who attended that dance in Garberville in 1976 see Sherry leave with a car or recall details about John Annibel that could help clarify what happened that night?