Veronica Lynn Jefferson, 24, was last seen alive around 9:30 p.m. on May 10, 1988, after stopping at a Giant supermarket near Bailey’s Crossroads in Arlington, Virginia. Witnesses later recalled seeing her speaking with a man at the deli counter and again near her red Chevrolet Camaro in the parking lot. Her body was found in the early morning hours of May 11 behind McKinley Elementary School; she had been sexually assaulted and fatally shot, and her clothes were found neatly folded beside her.

The investigation produced few immediate leads. Detectives interviewed hundreds of people and identified six potential suspects who were later excluded by DNA testing. In 2000 DNA from Jefferson’s case was linked to the December 1988 murders of Rachael Raver and Warren Fulton in Fairfax County, indicating a serial offender. In 2005 the combined DNA profile matched Alfredo R. Prieto, then on death row in California. Prieto was extradited to Virginia, tried in March 2007, and found guilty of Jefferson’s murder; he received a second death sentence.

Are there readers who remember seeing Veronica at the Giant or who have information about her that wasn’t shared with investigators at the time?