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Linda Vitela was 24 and from Sacramento when her body was found on April 22, 1987, though forensic analysis indicated she had been dead for about a year before discovery. She was recovered nude and wrapped in bedding, a detail that matched the treatment of several other victims in the same series of killings.

Investigators later linked her death to Morris Solomon Jr., an African American handyman who worked or lived at several properties where bodies were found. The victims, including Vitela, were often bound, sometimes gagged, and either buried in shallow graves or hidden in abandoned buildings. Solomon was arrested on April 22, 1987, and prosecutors presented physical evidence, witness testimony and his inconsistent statements as part of the case against him; he was convicted in six murders, including Vitela’s.

Does anyone have memories or information about Linda Vitela, the locations where she was last seen, or people who might have known her in Sacramento?