Angela Polidore, a 25-year-old African American woman, was found dead in Sacramento on July 20, 1986. Her body was discovered partially undressed, bound, and hidden beneath debris at a residence where a local handyman, Morris Solomon Jr., had previously worked. The discovery came weeks after another woman’s body had been found in a similar condition, prompting investigators to consider a pattern.

Polidore’s death was one of several in Sacramento County during 1986–1987 involving young African American women, some of whom were involved in sex work. Authorities linked multiple victims to locations where Solomon had lived or been employed; several decomposed bodies were later found buried on properties tied to him. Morris Solomon Jr., a Vietnam War veteran and handyman, was arrested in April 1987 and charged with six counts of first-degree murder, including Polidore’s. The charge in Polidore’s case was later dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence directly connecting him to her murder. Solomon was convicted of six other murders and sentenced to death in 1992.

Polidore’s death remains part of the wider discussion about these linked cases and the difficulties in securing convictions for some victims.