Diane Wilder, a 27-year-old Caucasian woman, was murdered on January 11, 1979, in Bellingham, Washington. She and a friend, Karen Mandic, were last seen when they went to check out a potential house-sitting job arranged by a contact named Kenneth Bianchi. Both women were raped and killed, and their bodies were found in a wooded area.

The investigation soon focused on Kenneth Bianchi, then working as a security guard in Bellingham. He was arrested on January 12, 1979, and confessed to the murders, later providing information about linked killings in Los Angeles. Bianchi pleaded guilty to the two Bellingham murders and multiple Los Angeles murders and received eight life sentences; he is incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.

What information do readers have about Diane’s life in Bellingham or the events leading up to January 11, 1979?