Barbara McMullen was 24 when she was shot to death in Albuquerque on January 8, 1980. Her killing was later tied to a series of violent crimes in the city.

On January 19, 1980, William Wayne Gilbert was arrested after a shooting at the American Sandwich Shop. While in custody he confessed to multiple murders, including the deaths of his wife Carol Gilbert, newlyweds Kenn and Noel Johnson, and Barbara McMullen. Gilbert led police to McMullen’s body the same evening. He was tried and convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual penetration in McMullen’s case and received three consecutive life terms for those crimes.

Gilbert also received life sentences for Kenn and Noel Johnson’s murders; a death sentence for the Johnsons was later commuted to life in 1986. Does anyone have information about Barbara’s final days or knew her in Albuquerque in 1980?