Kerry Hoover was a 21-year-old California native living in American Canyon when she disappeared on March 20, 1987. She lived at a board and care home for developmentally disabled individuals and was last seen leaving that home on Danrose Drive to go to a nearby shopping center. Witnesses later placed her that evening at the former Rancho Square shopping center near Highway 29 and Mini Drive in the company of two young Black men; investigators identified and extensively interviewed both men.

Kerry’s body was found on March 22, 1987, hidden in a bundle of bushes near Danrose Drive and Marla Drive by children playing in the area. The autopsy determined she had been strangled to death; it could not confirm whether she had been sexually assaulted.

Anyone with information about Kerry’s movements that night or the people seen with her is asked to contact the Napa County Sheriff’s Office or Napa Valley Crime Stoppers.