Geraldine Sapp, a 67-year-old white woman, vanished from her Butte County home in June 1985 after her son, John Sapp, moved in with her earlier that year. Her sudden absence drew police attention. In April 1986 a human skeleton found in Butte County was believed to be Geraldine’s remains.

He later confessed to three other murders and was convicted and sentenced to death in 1991 for those killings; he was never formally charged with Geraldine Sapp’s death.

Did anyone in Butte County at that time know Geraldine or notice anything unusual when her son moved in?