Two killings on consecutive early-morning hours, fourteen blocks apart, remain linked by ballistics. At about 2 a.m. on December 3, 1978, 21-year-old Terry Pahl was found face down at the rear of an all-night coin laundromat at 3519 30th Street, shot twice in the back of the head at close range; his wallet, keys and his blue 1975 Chevrolet pickup were missing. About 1 a.m. the next morning, December 4, 1978, 24-year-old Halley Butch Watson was found behind the counter of the 7-11 at 2101 Fern Street with a single close-range gunshot wound to the head and the cash register emptied of about $39.

Ballistics testing showed both victims were killed with the same .22 revolver. Pahl’s truck was recovered the day after Watson’s murder, abandoned and disabled on southbound I-5 at Main Street. There was no evidence of resistance in either killing. Watson, an accomplished skateboarder who was engaged to be married, and Pahl, a U.S. Navy sailor who enjoyed pool, were both murdered and the suspect or suspects remain at large; Southland Corporation offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Watson’s murder.

Does anyone have information about either man’s movements that night or about the blue 1975 Chevrolet pickup after December 3?