JoAnn Sweets, a 34-year-old African-American woman, was murdered in San Diego on May 9, 1986. Her killing was one of several violent attacks on women in the region during that period. Investigators later linked Sweets’s death to Bryan Maurice Jones, who was living in San Diego and had access to multiple residences, including his mother’s apartment and a house where she worked as a live-in nurse.

Jones, described as six feet five inches tall and about 300 pounds and trained in martial arts, was known to overpower victims. The investigation found that Sweets and another victim, Sophia Glover, were killed during the commission or attempted commission of sodomy. Jones was charged on multiple counts; in 1994 a jury convicted him of first-degree murder for the deaths of JoAnn Sweets and Sophia Glover and upheld special circumstance findings that made him eligible for the death penalty.

Does anyone have memories of JoAnn, where she spent time in San Diego, or information that could shed light on her last days?