Althea Oakley was a 21-year-old University of New Mexico student from Taos when she was stabbed to death on the night of June 22, 1988. After leaving a fraternity party following an argument with her boyfriend, she chose to walk home alone toward the residence she shared with her brother. Witnesses later heard screams; she was found outside a home on Buena Vista Drive S.E. and died of her injuries.

The case went cold for decades with no suspects identified, leaving her family without answers. A major development occurred in 2021 when a 53-year-old man arrested on an unrelated probation matter began confessing to killings from that period, including admitting to Althea’s murder and describing an intention that began as sexual violence and ended in stabbing. The arrest reopened long-dormant questions for a case that had haunted Albuquerque.

Did anyone who knew Althea at UNM or in Taos in 1988 see or hear anything that night or have information that could help fill remaining gaps?