Sonia Smith was 25 when she was murdered on August 19, 1980, in Los Angeles. Her body was found in an abandoned field with her wrists and ankles bound, a detail later noted as matching the manner in which other victims were restrained.

Investigators tied Smith’s killing to similar cases, including the murder months later of 25-year-old Phyllis McClinton, who was also found in an abandoned field with her wrists and ankles tied. A suspect with a criminal record, Larry D. Hubbard, who had escaped a Florida prison in 1977, was eventually linked to Smith and other killings by DNA evidence recovered during later forensic work. Hubbard was also identified by a survivor of a November 1980 bound-assault and was convicted of false imprisonment for that attack.

Hubbard died on January 13, 2008, after an attempted suicide following extradition to Florida. Authorities believe he may be connected to additional unsolved murders and continued to seek information about other potential victims. Does anyone have information about Sonia’s life or movements in Los Angeles in 1980 that could help connect other cases?