Sheila La Rose Jacox was 17 when her body was found in Sacramento on April 22, 1987. She was one of several victims discovered during a series of murders between 1986 and 1987; many of those victims were African American women found in shallow graves, often in backyards, and several showed signs of restraint and partial or no clothing, consistent with sexual assault. Jacox was later buried at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sacramento.

Authorities linked the killings to Morris Solomon Jr., a handyman who worked in the Sacramento area. Solomon was arrested on April 22, 1987, the same day Jacox’s body was found, and was charged in connection with multiple murders and assaults. The fact that one of the youngest victims was 17 underscores how vulnerable marginalized women were in this series of crimes.

Did anyone in Sacramento in the mid 1980s know Sheila Jacox or have information about where she spent her time before April 1987?