CA CA- 'Vera Campbell, 80's, brutally beaten, strangled & house ransacked, @ home, 45th St., San Diego, 11 Dec., 1993, *New initiative*.

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Vera Campbell | City of San Diego Official Website

Vera Campbell lived alone in a single, detached house on 45th Street. On December 11, 1993, Campbell's daughter showed up at the house to check on Campbell after trying unsuccessfully for two days to contact her. The daughter found the side security door unlocked and standing open. When the...

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'Vera Campbell lived alone in a single, detached house on 45th Street. On December 11, 1993, Campbell's daughter showed up at the house to check on Campbell after trying unsuccessfully for two days to contact her. The daughter found the side security door unlocked and standing open. When the daughter went inside, she found her mother deceased lying on the floor in one of the rooms. Campbell had apparently been strangled and beaten to death and the house had been ransacked.'

San Diego grandmother's 1993 cold case murder remains unsolved

San Diego Police are taking another look at the unsolved 1993 murder of Vera Campbell, an elderly grandmother who was beaten and strangled inside her home.

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Apr 18, 2026 rbbm
'SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego Police are taking another look at the unsolved 1993 murder of Vera Campbell, an elderly grandmother who was beaten and strangled inside her home.
Campbell, who was in her 80s, was known as the matriarch of her family.
"She was a very strong woman. You know, she was just like my mother. She was driving into her 80s," Linda Stone said.'

Before the murder, Campbell's home was burglarized, making her careful about who she opened the door to. The neighborhood was also known for drug and crime activity at the time.

"At that time, whoever did the burglary ended up taking, I believe, money and some jewelry," Barr said.''
Unfortunately, so many of these neighbors at the time had been victims of not only one but multiple burglaries," Barr said.

Campbell's death was one of three murders of elderly people in the area within about a month. Seniors were warned to lock their doors and be careful about who they let inside''

 

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Apr 18, 2026
San Diego Police are taking another look at the unsolved 1993 murder of Vera Campbell, an elderly grandmother who was beaten and strangled inside her home.

 

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Finding your mother in this way would be so devastating.