Tara Mia Simpson, a white female aged 18, died on August 29, 1985, in San Diego County, California. Born September 12, 1966, in Oregon, she was cremated; the location of any memorial or ashes is not known. Her death occurred during a spike of murders in San Diego that later became associated with a series of killings targeting young, vulnerable women between 1985 and 1990.

The San Diego killings included victims who were lured into vehicles, assaulted, and left in various county locations; methods reported across cases included strangulation, beating, stabbing and shooting. Some victims were found with yellow hemp rope binding their hands and foreign objects placed in their mouths.

If anyone knew Tara Mia Simpson, saw her in San Diego in August 1985, or has information that could clarify whether her death was connected to the broader series, please come forward.