Kathryn Barrett was a 24-year-old woman from California who was one of six known victims killed in August 1983. She and the other victims were murdered inside an electrical supply warehouse in Burlingame, California; reports say victims were beaten, stabbed, and shot, then placed in 55-gallon metal drums that were dumped in locations including Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Anthony Jack Sully, a former Millbrae police officer turned electrical contractor, was arrested and convicted for these murders. Detectives linked him to the crimes with forensic evidence including his fingerprints on the barrels that contained the victims’ remains. Prosecutors said Sully derived pleasure from torturing and mutilating his victims and described a pattern of escalating violence beginning with the rape and murder of Gloria Fravel and continuing with Barrett and four others: Barbara Searcy, Gloria Jean Fravel, Brenda Oakden, Michael Thomas, and Phyllis Melendez.

Kathryn Barrett’s killing was part of a months-long spree that shocked the Bay Area. If anyone knew Barrett, her routines, or has information about that August 1983 case, please share what might help investigators or researchers.