On October 11, 1983, 85-year-old Isabel Askew was found raped and murdered in her Los Angeles apartment. The attack was described as particularly brutal and targeted an elderly woman in her home.

Askew’s death was later connected to a pattern of assaults against elderly white women in Southern California during the 1970s and 1980s. Investigators linked her case to a series of crimes attributed to an offender known as the Westside Rapist, who was believed to have committed numerous rapes and murders across the region, often raping and then strangling elderly white female victims.

No immediate suspect or arrest was reported at the time, and the case remained unsolved for years. If anyone knew Isabel, lived near her, or recalls suspicious activity around October 11, 1983, please share what you know.