Diana Faye Younglove Pashal, 35, was killed in San Diego in September 1979. She and her husband, Carroll Edward Cole, both struggled with alcoholism and lived in a reportedly tumultuous marriage with frequent arguments and fights. In September 1979 Cole strangled Diana and hid her body in a closet; her body, wrapped in a blanket, was found eight days later after a suspicious neighbor contacted police.

At the time investigators attributed Diana’s death to her heavy drinking and released Cole after questioning. The truth emerged after Cole was arrested in Dallas in November 1980 for other crimes and confessed to multiple murders, including Diana’s. He was later convicted in Texas and Nevada for other killings and was executed in Nevada on December 6, 1985.

Did anyone in San Diego at the time know Diana or recall the neighborhood reports that led a neighbor to notify police?