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Sarah Dylan, born Renee Shapiro, was a 31-year-old white woman and devoted Bob Dylan fan who legally changed her name to that of the musician’s former wife. She was last seen in May 1992 while traveling to a Bob Dylan concert at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco. Her remains were later found in or near Nevada County, California; the condition of the remains prevented a definitive determination of cause of death.

Investigators later linked her death to Joseph Naso after items belonging to Dylan, including identification, were recovered from a safe deposit box rented by Naso. A handwritten note dated May 4, 1992—the day of the concert—was also discovered. Naso’s diary contained a List of 10 that referenced unnamed women and locations; one entry, Girl in Woodland, Nevada County, is believed to correspond to Dylan. Prosecutors included this evidence at Naso’s 2013 trial for other murders, but he was not formally charged in Dylan’s death because authorities said evidence was insufficient to prosecute her murder.

Did anyone who knew Sarah Dylan, where she traveled, or her plans for May 1992 see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened?