Cynthia Irene Waxman was an 11-year-old girl from Moraga, California, who was murdered on April 22, 1978. She was last seen playing with a stray kitten near Campolindo High School and disappeared; her body was found hours later in nearby woods and showed signs of sexual assault and strangulation.

The case remained unsolved for decades. The Contra Costa Sheriff’s crime lab reopened the investigation in 2000 and, with additional federal funding, tested DNA evidence. Cynthia’s father, Lorin Waxman, said the development gave the family and the Moraga community closure.

Did anyone in Moraga remember seeing Cynthia near Campolindo High School that afternoon?