Desiree Wheatley was 15 when she disappeared in El Paso on June 2, 1987, after leaving H.E. Charles Middle School. She separated from friends while walking home and witnesses later reported seeing her get into a tan-colored pickup driven by 29-year-old David Leonard Wood. That was the last time she was seen alive.

Her skeletal remains were recovered on October 20, 1987, in a shallow grave in a desert area along the 12000 block of McCombs Street, about five miles from her home. She was still wearing the white T-shirt signed by classmates; dental records and her mother Marcia Fulton’s identification of the clothing helped confirm who she was. The grave was near other burial sites where remains of other young women were later found.

Desiree is listed among six confirmed victims of David Leonard Wood, who became known as the Desert Killer. Reports say several victims had been raped, stabbed, or strangled and were lured with offers of rides or drugs, then driven into the desert and buried in shallow graves. Wood was arrested October 22, 1987, and later convicted of these murders.

Does anyone have memories or information about Desiree, her last day, or the area around McCombs Street in 1987?