Lesa Irene Otberg, 24, was found dead on January 1, 1994, in Muskegon County, Michigan. Her death was ruled a homicide. Known by her maiden name Schwab, she grew up in the Grand Rapids area and attended Coit Elementary, Northeast Middle School, and Central High School. Friends remembered her for enjoying Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Whoppers from Burger King, and country music.

Her murder occurred during a period when more than a dozen women from the Grand Rapids area were found dead in the 1990s, many remaining unsolved. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced in Lesa’s case. A 2022 arrest in an unrelated 1996 murder drew attention to advances in DNA evidence, but authorities have not linked that arrest to Lesa Otberg’s homicide.

Did anyone who knew Lesa or her routines in the early 1990s ever notice anything unusual that might help investigators?