The crackpots def. came out of the woodwork, as I recall. From the subsequent, occasional news stories, I remember Diane’s parents were so desperate for answers. I will never forget the image on the news of her father standing where her remains were found. It was profoundly sad. Obviously it had an impact on me, as it will soon be 43 years, and I haven’t forgotten Diane or her baby Beth.
IDK; never heard mention of it.
Thanks for bumping this up DragonSpeaker. "Baby" Beth would now be 43 years old. Our best hope is that she does her DNA through one of the popular sites and starts finding a bunch of first cousins by the name of Funchess or Crooke and starts investigating.
If she finds her way here, the first place I’d recommend she go is the Detective assigned to her/her mother’s case.
No - she would have been four at the time, close to 5.
9/12/79. The attack happened on 9/11/79. If you are familiar with the Golden State Killer Cop case then you likely know why this date is significant. I believe Joe DeAngelo is responsible for this as well as the Funchess and Clearihue murders.
Yes, but the remains of a 7 month old infant were found in 1981. The question is when was the infant killed. We need to determine whether the remains were skeletal and the infant was killed a few years prior.
What a blight on society that loser is. Too bad California doesn't have the death penalty. While he certainly could be responsible for Diane's murder (he was prolific), I don't think he was. During that specific time frame, his "hunting grounds" seemed to be the Sacramento area. Further, from what I understand of his "signature", it doesn't align with what I remember of Diane's case.
Sorry - misunderstood. Close enough - Beth was 6 mos. old when she went missing 9/6/77. Her birthday was 2/26/77 and she was 2'0" and 15 lbs. Light brown hair and blue/gray eyes.
o.k. now you've got me excited about this. I am going to dig and see if I can find anything on this, and please do the same. I have never heard this before, which is odd.
