David Perez was 42 when he was killed on December 22, 1974, in Los Angeles. A U.S. Air Force veteran who had fallen on hard times, Perez was found dead in the Skid Row area and is identified as one of the victims in a series of attacks on homeless and vulnerable people in Southern California.

The slayings were later linked to Vaughn Orrin Greenwood, known as the Skid Row Slasher. The killer targeted vagrants and reportedly slashed victims’ throats, sometimes leaving ritualistic items such as cups of blood and rings of salt around bodies, details that prompted disputed speculation about Satanic connections. Perez’s death was counted among nine murders attributed to Greenwood between December 1974 and February 1975.

Greenwood was arrested on February 3, 1975, and later convicted of multiple murders including Perez’s. Does anyone have memories or information about Perez, his life on Skid Row, or the circumstances of his death?