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Clarice Lula Reinke, 76, was raped and strangled to death in her Easton, California, home on June 23, 1983. The murder went unsolved for decades.

In 2008 DNA testing on evidence from the scene linked two men to the crime: Alvin Johnson and Wilbur Lee Jennings. Johnson had prior violent convictions and had been released from prison earlier in 1983; Jennings was already on death row for four Fresno County murders and was known as the Ditchbank Killer. Authorities charged Johnson with murder with special circumstances and said similar charges were expected for Jennings. Investigators did not disclose whether the suspects knew Reinke or how she was targeted.

Reinke’s family was reported to have received long-awaited answers after the DNA link. Does anyone have information about Clarice Reinke, her life in Easton, or the events around June 1983 that could help clarify what happened?