Janet Ann Taylor, a 21-year-old sophomore at Cañada College and the youngest daughter of Stanford football coach Chuck Taylor, was found dead near Stanford University in late March 1974. Her body was discovered in a ditch after she had been beaten and strangled; her raincoat, shirt, and green corduroy pants were torn and ripped, consistent with a violent struggle. She had been hitchhiking home because her car was out of commission.

DNA testing decades later reopened the investigation. Genetic material from clothing was linked to a sample taken from a disposable coffee cup used by John Arthur Getreu. Prosecutors said Janet’s clothes were torn and her face was beaten, arguing the killing was sexually motivated. Getreu was convicted of first-degree murder by a San Mateo County jury in September 2021.

Are there details from Janet’s life or that time around Stanford that could still help people remember something useful in this case?