Bonnie Ann Guthrie was one of four women killed in a violent Southern California crime spree in spring 1984. She was murdered in San Diego on April 12, 1984; court records say she was strangled, a method consistent with the other homicides tied to the same suspect.

The deaths of Guthrie, Susan Knoll, Jillette Mills, and Janette Cullins were linked to a single suspect, Dean Phillip Carter, who was 28 at the time of his arrest. Court documents describe a three-week spree of sexual assault, robbery, and murder; prosecutors argued Carter targeted women who had rejected his advances and sometimes befriended victims before attacking them. Carter was convicted on multiple counts, including murder with special circumstances, rape, and burglary, and sentenced to death.

Does anyone have further information about Bonnie Ann Guthrie or remember her before April 12, 1984?