Warren Jerome Kelley, 62, was one of the victims found in a series of murders that came to light after a peach farmer noticed a freshly dug hole in an orchard near Yuba City, California, on May 19, 1971. Investigators recovered Kelley’s body in May 1971; he and the other victims were transient laborers hired for farm work and were found in shallow graves with multiple stab wounds and deep slashes consistent with a machete or similar weapon, and some showed signs of having been beaten.

The killings were linked to Juan Vallejo Corona, a labor contractor who recruited the workers; employment records and eyewitness testimony tied him to the victims. Corona was arrested on May 26, 1971, charged with 25 counts of first-degree murder, convicted in January 1973, then later retried and convicted again in 1982. Does anyone have information about Warren Kelley’s life before arriving in the area or memories to share about him?