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Do we have the composite of the suspect?

I looked around and tried to find one. This is the one I found from the Lvmpd.com website. A news report said another woman was attacked by who she thinks she saw go with Cynthia. Here is the description:

He has been described as a white male, 38, 5 feet 9, 180 pounds, with brown hair. He is believed to be driving a full-sized truck, possibly a Chevrolet, with gray interior and dusty gray tinted windows. The truck may also have had a silver-colored tool box mounted in the bed.

Suspect Composite

Cynthia Elaine Oquist, 37, was found dead in a Las Vegas desert area near the Las Vegas Wash and Vegas Valley Boulevard on February 6, 1998. A homeless man discovered her remains; investigators estimated the body had been there three to five days. An autopsy determined Cynthia died of blunt force trauma and strangulation. She had moved to Las Vegas from California and was a mother of six.

Cynthia was last seen in downtown Las Vegas, where she had been working as a sex worker. Another sex worker later reported surviving an attempted murder and identified the man she last saw with Cynthia as her attacker. From that survivor’s account, investigators produced a composite sketch and described the suspect as a white male in his late 30s, about 5 feet 9 inches, medium build, dark hair, brown eyes, who drove a full-sized truck, possibly a Chevrolet, with a gray interior, dusty tinted windows and possibly a silver toolbox in the bed. No arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Cynthia, saw the truck, or has information that could identify the man in the composite, please share what is known with investigators.