On April 29, 1978, Jamie Lynn Walker went to a local hospital to visit a friend with a new baby. Her body was found the next day in an orchard on Famosa Highway. She had been murdered.
This murder is still unsolved. Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.
Jamie Lynn Walker (1960-1978) - Find a Grave...
Walker received word the evening of April 29, 1978 that a friend had just given birth to a boy at Memorial Hospital. She couldn't pass up the chance to be among the first to see the newborn and congratulate her friend.
She and her fiance were at a friend's house watching TV. She borrowed the fiance's pickup and made her way to the hospital.
But she never went inside.
Walker's body was found in an almond orchard at 7:40 a.m. the next day. She'd been shot once behind the right ear with a small-caliber handgun.
There were indications she'd been sexually assaulted, and a sweater she'd been wearing, as well as two buttons from her blouse and her shoes, were found in the area. The orchard is a quarter mile west of the Famoso drag strip and a half mile south of Famoso-Woody Road.
Excerpt from Unsolved 1978 murder of teen haunts family
