I am not entirely sure who exactly was thought to be his other victims. ....
...Maybe you can help discover who the other women may be and help bring these forgotten victims home.
Here is a list of women who were reported missing in or from California for the time frame you mention. I left out children and cases where a fairly strong case had been made against someone else.
One or more of these women might have been this man's victims. Unfortunately, there isn't much information to go on.
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Women Missing in California
Peggy Joyce Jones Mandeville
Missing since September 1978 from Camarillo/Oxnard, California
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: July 22, 1939
Age at Time of Disappearance: 40 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2"; 100 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Auburn hair; green eyes.
Medical: Chronic depression, possibly bipolar.
AKA: Peggy Joyce Jones
Circumstances of Disappearance
Peggy Mandeville was admitted to Camarillo State Hospital due to chronic depression. She left the facility and phoned both her husband and mother from a pay phone, but has not been heard from or seen since.
Peggy was reported as missing to the Camarillo and Oxnard Police Departments in California and Cape Girardeau Police Department, in her mother's home state of Missouri.
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Anna Venerenea Amici
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: October 03, 1978
Location Last Seen: Palmdale, CA Physical Description** Listed information is from the time of dissappearance.
Date of Birth: December 17, 1913
Age at Time of Disappearance: 64
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Height at Time of Disappearance: 64 inches
Weight at Time of Disappearance: 145 lbs
Hair Color: Red/Auburn
Eye Color: Brown
Alias(s) / Nickname(s): Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Hysterectomy scar from 1970's and vaccination circular scar on upper outer arm slightly bigger than size of a quarter.
Dentals: Not available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Not available. Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Anna was wearing grey metal glasses with simulated diamonds. Circumstances of Disappearance Anna disappeared under suspicious circumstances. She was last seen on October 3, 1978, at 10:00 p.m., leaving her place of employment in the 37000 block of 47th Street East in Palmdale. On October 5, 1978, the missing person's grand-daughter checked the missing person's residence and found all the doors unlocked and the lights were left on. Anna was not at home, nor were any of her personal property missing.
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Terry Lynn Collier
Missing since January 1, 1979 from San Bernardino County, California
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date of Birth: August 25, 1948
Age at Time of Disappearance: 30 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2"; 125 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Reddish brown hair; blue eyes. Wears glasses.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Terry was last seen by her family in 1979 when she left her home in Aurora, IL. She was known to be in Southern California and more specifically, the San Bernardino, Riverside, and/or San Diego areas after she she left Illinois. She may have been a resident of various homeless shelters. The family states that all contact has been lost and attempts to locate her have been unsuccessful.
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Debra Lynn Kidwell
Missing since May 4, 1979 from Ventura, Ventura County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: May 27, 1952
Age at Time of Disappearance: 26 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3" (160 cm.); 120 lbs. (55 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar abdomen
Medical Conditions: Nervous condition
Dentals: Available
AKA: Debra Lynn Cronan
Circumstances of Disappearance
Kidwell was last seen May 4, 1979 in Ventura, CA.
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Mary Louise Watkins
Missing since May 17, 1979 from Modesto, Stanislaus County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: April 20, 1925
Age at Time of Disappearance: 54 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2"; 130 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; hazel eyes. Wears glasses with dark plastic frames.
Marks, Scars: Surgical scars on lower torso
Dentals: Not available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Watkins was last seen on May 17, 1979 in Modesto, packing her belongings into a car. She was last seen by a friend, with whom she had been living. She told her friend she was moving to San Jose to live with her daughter. Watkins never made it to her daughters home.
Her vehicle was found two days later in the parking lot of what now is known as the Sutter Gould Medical Foundation building at 600 Coffee Road. None of her property was in the car.
Watkins has 28000 dollar in cash with her when she left for San Jose. The money was from the sale of her Modesto home. She had told her banker she was going to use the money to invest in property together with a friend. Police contacted Watkins' daughter who said she knew nothing about her mothers plan to move in with her, not that she had sold her home. Several days after the car was found, the daughter received a letter from Watkins saying she was eloping to get married. Watkins' disappearance is suspicious since she gave several friends different stories as to why she was going out of town. It seemed she was trying to keep her plans a secret. Watkins worked as a nurse at Modesto City Hospital prior to her disappearance. Foul play is suspected.
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Shannon Eileen Staal
Missing since July 10, 1979 from Riverside County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: July 30, 1942
Age at Time of Disappearance: 36 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2" (157 cm.); 125 lbs. (57 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Birthmarks, Scars: Staal has a scar between the big and second toe on her right foot and a scar on her left middle finger below the second knuckle. She has a healed fracture to her nose and a healed fracture to her right foot. She is missing her tonsils.
AKA: Shannon Eileen Hickey; Shannon Eileen Hickory
Dentals: Full dental plate. Dentals are unavailable.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Staal was last seen in Riverside County, California on July 10, 1979.
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Dolores Wulff
Missing since July 31, 1979 from Woodland, Yolo County, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: November 4, 1933
Age at Time of Disappearance: 45 years old
Height and Weight: 5'6; 135 lbs
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Black hair; brown eyes.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Delores Wulff was a popular, outgoing secretary at Woodland High School when she vanished in the middle of the night from her rural home in Yolo County, an agricultural area tucked off the interstate about 20 miles west of Sacramento, CA, on July 31, 1979.
Police immediately looked at her husband who was the only person with her that night, as the prime suspect. The couple, who had been having marital problems, had seen a marriage counselor shortly before she disappeared. Carl Wulff denied harming his wife, but refused a polygraph. He told detectives she left home the night their sons were staying at the nearby house of her brother.
Dolores Wulff 's rings, which she reportedly never removed, were on a bathroom counter. Her car was in the garage and her purse - intact with her checks, credit cards, identification and money - was in a closet. Investigators said they found traces of her blood, an earring, a strand of hair and a palm print in the trunk of Carl Wulff Sr.'s car. That discovery led detectives to hire a private plane with heat-detection equipment to search for a body.
After eight years of investigation the case was finally brought to trial. But the Judge dismissed the case in 1985, ruling that too much time had elapsed from the time of Dolores' disappearance, violating the husband's right to a fair and speedy trial.
Carl Wulff died in San Diego in 2005 at the age 70. He never admitted to anything. Foul play is suspected.
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Edith Irene Bonham
Missing since October 8, 1979 from Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: March 4, 1902
Age at Time of Disappearance: 77 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2"; 100 lbs
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Gray hair; brown eyes. She wears glasses.
Dentals: Available. Full dentures with lower right tooth missing.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Bonham was last seen in Monrovia, California on October 8, 1979.
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Deborah Diane Owens
Missing since November 19, 1979 from Butte County, California
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: May 1, 1955
Age at Time of Disappearance: 24 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0"; 100 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar on abdomen.
Dentals: Available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Deborah Owens was last seen on November 19, 1979.
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Donella Jean Coultas
Missing since December 18, 1979 from Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: September 3, 1950
Age at Time of Disappearance: 29 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'7; 157 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes. Pigeon toed.
Marks, Scars: She has a mole over her navel and a Cesarean scar. She wears contact lenses.
Clothing: Light blue sweater, gray/blue top under sweater, dark blue pants and white tennis shoes.
Dentals: Available. Buck teeth.
AKA: Donella Schuman, Jeannie Coultas
Circumstances of Disappearance
Coultas was last seen in Pasadena, California on December 18, 1979. Foul play is suspected.
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Patricia E. Gomez
Missing since December 26, 1979 from Belvedere, Marin County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: August 26, 1956
Age at Time of Disappearance: 23 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6; 100 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; multicolor eyes.
Clothing: Last seen wearing a long-sleeved red velor blouse, green corduroy pants or jeans, red knee socks and sandals.
Dentals: Available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Gomez was last seen in Belvedere, California on December 26, 1979.
It is believed she jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Denise Dorfman
Missing since February 9, 1980 from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: December 28, 1951
Age at Time of Disappearance: 28 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2" (157 cm.); 100 lbs. (45 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes. Denise wears large-frame glasses. Moles on back of neck.
Dentals: Available.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Denise was last seen on February 9, 1980 in San Francisco, CA. It is unknown what happened to her.
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Khymbrly Marcella Scruggs
Missing since January 12, 1980 from Sacramento, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: August 13, 1960
Age at Time of Disappearance: 19 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6"; 115 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Sandy blonde, shoulder length, straight hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Glass cut on right shin
Clothing: Burgundy wool coat with camel stripes.
Dentals: Not available. Chipped front tooth.
DNA: Available.
AKA: Khym Scruggs; Kim Scruggs; Kimberly
Circumstances of Disappearance
Khymbrly was last seen on January 12, 1980 in Sacramento, CA.
She was attending Sacramento State University at the time and lived with a roommate. On the evening of January 12, 1980, she was at her apartment and talked to a friend from her hometown of Pismo Beach, CA, at 18.30. She had no plans and was scheduled to work the next day.
The next day her roommate, who had spent the night with her boyfriend, arrived back at their apartment to find all of Khymberly's things (purse and clothing) in the apartment, but she was no where to be found.
A call was made to her work and she had not shown up or called in that day. She has not been seen or heard from since. Foul Play is suspected.
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Lana T. Coronado
Missing since March 1, 1980 from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: December 14, 1948
Age at Time of Disappearance: 31 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6; 140 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar on right arm
AKA: Lana Lou Sartoris
Dentals: Available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Coronado was last seen in San Francisco, California on March 1, 1980. The exact day she went missing is unknown.
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Bettina Minnie Antone
Missing since March 29, 1980 from Redding, Shasta County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: February 21, 1936
Age at Time of Disappearance: 44 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3" (160 cm.); 120 lbs. (55 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blue eyes, black hair. Pierced ears.
Marks, Scars: She has a fractured arm, fractured leg and a scar on lower back. A mole on left cheek, pierced ears, dimples on both cheeks.
Dentals: Not available. She wears upper and lower dentures.
Medical Conditions: At the time of her disappearance she was suffering from alcoholism and depression. She is schizophrenic.
AKA: Tina, Betty Antone, Bettina Minna Antone, M. Tina Armstrong.
Jewelry: She was wearing earrings, possibly dangling style.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Tina had been in therapy for depression when she disappeared from her apartment at the California Motel in Redding in late March or early April of 1980. Left behind were her toothbrush, makeup, clothes, her car and photographs of her two children and grandchildren.
She may be in a mental health facility.
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Theresa Louise Rains
Missing since May 23, 1980 from Oakland, Alameda County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: April 13, 1949
Age at Time of Disappearance: 31 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'6"; 115 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; blue eyes.
Marks: She has freckles.
Clothing: Blue jeans, rust colored coat, lace up boots.
Dentals: Not available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Rains was last seen in Oakland, California on May 23, 1980.
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Gail Marie Dahl
Missing since August 2, 1980 from Simi Valley, Ventura County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: August 10, 1957
Age at Time of Disappearance: 23 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6'0" (183 cm.); 135 lbs. (61 kg.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; green eyes.
Marks, Scars: Horizontal scar on her calf.
AKA: Gail Gardner
Dentals: Not available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Dahl was last seen August 2, 1980 in Simi Valley, CA.
Her car was found in Imperial County on August 14, 1980, about 10 miles northwest of Yuma, Arizona. Dahl has never been found.
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Mary Jo Thompson
Missing since August 24, 1980 from Los Angeles County, California
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: May 21, 1947
Age at Time of Disappearance: 33 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1"; 110 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; green eyes.
Marks, Scars: Scar abdomen- cesarean section. Scar forehead.
Dentals: Not available
Circumstances of Disappearance
Mary Jo Thompson was last seen in Lufkin, Texas on August 24, 1980.
