Charles Edward Moya was 30 when he was murdered in Dallas on April 18, 1979. He shared an apartment with 32-year-old Tony Natal Gutierrez; both men were attacked by David Villarreal, who targeted gay men in Texas between 1978 and 1981. Both bodies were mutilated after death: Gutierrez’s face was disfigured with a teaspoon shoved up his nose and stab wounds near the eyes before his head was covered with a pillow, and Moya’s right eyelid was burned with a match.

Villarreal was not immediately detained for these killings. He was later arrested on unrelated burglary charges and imprisoned in Austin, and after release committed another murder that led to his March 10, 1981 arrest. He confessed to seven killings, including Moya and Gutierrez, pleaded guilty to multiple counts, and received life sentences for the Dallas murders. Anyone with memories of Charles Moya, Tony Gutierrez, or who lived in that apartment building in 1979 is asked to share information.