Virginia Mochel was 34 and worked as a bartender at the Sail Inn in West Sacramento. She disappeared from the bar’s parking lot after her shift on July 17, 1980. Her body was found ten weeks later, on October 2, 1980, near a slough in the Clarksburg area of Yolo County; her remains showed significant decomposition that complicated the investigation.

Her murder was later linked to Gerald and Charlene Gallego, a couple responsible for multiple abductions, sexual assaults, and killings between 1978 and 1980. The Gallegos had been patrons at the Sail Inn shortly before Virginia vanished. Charlene Gallego provided prosecutors with information implicating both herself and Gerald in Virginia’s death as part of a deal to testify against Gerald. Gerald Gallego was charged with Virginia’s murder and prosecuted in multiple states.

Does anyone have information about Virginia’s last shift at the Sail Inn or about patrons seen in the parking lot that night?