Stella Gonzales was 13 when she was shot in the head on September 9, 1988. She was walking with a friend near Tingley Beach in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when Paul Apodaca shot her. Stella’s death was one of three killings in the late 1980s that also claimed 18-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette and 21-year-old Althea Oakeley; Apodaca later said he targeted women because of his hatred of them and selected victims seemingly at random.

The case went cold for more than three decades until Apodaca, arrested on a probation violation while homeless in July 2021, confessed and provided key details about each killing. He was indicted and charged with first-degree murder in Stella’s case. At a virtual court hearing Stella’s mother spoke about the anguish and anger her daughter’s death caused.

Does anyone who knew Stella or who was near Tingley Beach in 1988 have information that could add detail to what happened that day?