Synopsis: On June 13, 1973 San Diego police discovered the body of a young woman underneath the pier at the foot of Laurel Street. The woman’s body had been dismembered and placed into an orange suitcase and several green plastic garbage bags.
The woman was never identified, nor was the perpetrator, and the motive behind her death remains a mystery. The woman was a white female, possibly of Portuguese or Italian descent. She was 5’1” tall and weighed approximately 150 pounds. She had black, medium length hair, brown eyes and perfect teeth. There was a ½“ birthmark on her left outer thigh, similar to a mole. There were also two smallpox-type vaccination marks on her right shoulder and possibly a small round scar on her left cheek.
Although the woman’s remains were found in San Diego, investigators at the time thought she might have been from the Los Angeles area.
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