GUILTY CA - Leonard Nash identified via DNA & convicted 2026 - Michelle "Missy" Jones 5 July 1980 murder, San Bernadino

[Melt71]

Michelle 'Missy' Jones was an 18yo who went missing on 5 July 1980.

"....her naked body was found in a grapefruit grove at Live Oak and Santa Ana avenues in that city on July 5, 1980. She appeared to have been sexually assaulted...." www.sbsun.com/2025/11/19/45-years-after-fontana-teen-is-found-slain-71-year-old-man-is-convicted-of-murder/

Her killer Leonard Nash was identified via DNA. He had not been questioned at the time, but was a one-time boyfriend of one of Missy's sisters. In November 2025 Nash was sentenced to 15 years to life for second degree murder.

 

[Melt71]

Interview with Missy's family and the police investigator.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN0X8dMGFZ0

 

[tricia]

Interview with Missy's family and the police investigator.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN0X8dMGFZ0

This is allowed since it is mainstream media

 

[Rikissa]

Article from 13 February 2026:

71-year-old man sentenced for 1980 cold case of teen found dead in California citrus grove

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. (TCN) -- More than four decades after the body of an 18-year-old woman was found in a grapefruit grove, a man will spend 15 years to life behind bars after being convicted of second-degree murder in connection with her death.KTLA reports Leonard Nash, 71, was...

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