Carol Alford, a 41-year-old African-American woman, was found dead in an alley in Los Angeles on July 13, 1987. She was discovered partially clothed with trauma to the head and signs of strangulation; investigators noted drag marks near the body, suggesting she had been killed elsewhere and dumped in the alley.

The case remained unsolved for decades until DNA testing in 2012 linked the murder to Samuel Little, a man later identified in connection with many killings. Little was convicted of Alford’s murder in 2014; the prosecution’s case relied on DNA evidence and testimony from women who survived his attacks. After conviction he confessed to numerous additional killings and was linked to many other victims.

Alford’s death is part of a larger pattern in which marginalized women were targeted and sometimes overlooked. Does anyone have memories of Alford or information about the area and circumstances surrounding her death?