Karen Beth Dinsfriend, 28, was murdered on October 14, 1984, in Tampa, Florida. She was described as a prostitute and drug addict. Her body showed severe violence: wrists bound with a red bandana, legs and neck tied with a thick shoelace, severe blunt trauma to the head, sexual assault, and death by strangulation. Her yellow sweatshirt had been pulled up to her neck, exposing a bruised and bloodied torso, and other clothing was found scattered nearby with signs she had been dragged.

Investigators linked her killing to Bobby Joe Long through forensic evidence. Red carpet fibers on her clothing matched fibers on other victims, and brown Caucasian pubic hairs and semen samples with A and H blood substances further connected the case to Long, who was later arrested in 1984. The Dinsfriend case is one of several murders attributed to Long during his Tampa Bay killing spree.

If anyone knew Karen Beth Dinsfriend, her movements, or has information about her last days, please share what is known.