Paula Vance, a 38-year-old Black woman, was found dead on February 3, 1998, in downtown Los Angeles. Her body was discovered in the 600 block of West 6th Street, partially nude and showing signs of rape and strangulation. The scene was behind a business and several security cameras captured parts of the attack, but the footage did not clearly identify the assailant.

Semen recovered from the victim was preserved and later tested by investigators working cold cases. That DNA was linked to Chester Dewayne Turner, a convicted rapist whose profile and DNA connected him to multiple unsolved murders of women in Los Angeles between 1987 and 1998. Turner was later convicted in connection with at least 10 murders and sentenced to death in 2007. The cold-case work also led to the exoneration of David Allen Jones, who had been wrongfully imprisoned for murders now attributed to Turner.

Are there details about Paula Vance’s life, routines, or anyone who might have seen her near West 6th Street on February 3, 1998, that could help fill gaps in the timeline?