The Murders of the Valencia Does, January 1980

At 1:00pm on Saturday, January 26, 1980, a hiker found the remains of two decedents in a riverbed/wash south of Valencia Sewage Treatment Plant, north of Magic Mountain Parkway and west of the Old Road in Valencia, LA County, CA.

One of the decedents, who I will be calling Younger Doe, was estimated to be 17-24 years old, while the other, who I will be calling Older Doe, was estimated to be 17-35 years old; while these two decedents may have been the same or similar ages, I am giving these nicknames in order to easily distinguish between the two of them.

Reconstruction of Younger Doe, from NamUs.

Younger Doe was determined to have died by homicide by gunshot wound. While not explicitly stated, it is implied that this is also how Older Doe died as well; Older Doe's case is also being investigated as a homicide. Younger Doe's estimated PMI is months prior, though less than two years, and both of the Does' estimated DODs are 1978-1980.

Younger Doe was a 17-24 year old white female. The entirety of her skeletal remains were recovered. She was estimated to be 5'5 to 5'9 and 115 to 130 lbs. Her hair and eye colors, as well as any clothing or personal items, are unknown.

Older Doe was initially thought to be female, though they are now listed as an unknown sex. It is estimated that they — Older Doe — are white, though this is uncertain. Investigators were unable to recover one or more limbs, as well as one or both hands of Older Doe's. Despite this, it was estimated that Older Doe was 5'4 to 5'7 and 120 to 140 lbs. They had long blond-brown hair, while their eye color as well as clothing and personal items are unknown. Older Doe's right eye was slightly lower than the left.

Reconstruction of Older Doe, from NamUs.

Both Does' dental records are available for comparison, as is Younger Doe's DNA. There are reconstructions of both decedents on both NamUs and Doe Network.

According to their exclusion list on NamUs, Older Doe is not Elaine Robertson, Jane Wakefield, Sherry Roach, Angela Meeker, Connie Minchaca, Lucinda Schaefer, or Debra Kidwell.

Younger Doe has five definitive rule-outs: she is not Pem Yates-Briggs, Wendy Byron, Patricia Gomez, Rebecca Dunn, or Andrea Hall. Missing teenager Lisa Sprague is also on YD's exclusion list, though YD is not on Lisa's list of rule-outs. According to NamUs, YD has also been ruled out as being Mary Frances Gregory; however, because Gregory is technically missing from her home of Ontario, Canada, she does not have her own NamUs page, so I could not find a list of exclusions of hers to cross-reference other than what is available on her International Missing Persons Wiki page.

Both Does are considered possible victims of the Sunset Strip Killers, Doug Clark and Carol Bundy, who murdered at least six victims together from 1980-1981. Three of their other victims are also still unidentified: Newhall Jane Doe, Malibu Jane Doe, and "Cathy."

Anyone with information regarding the Valencia Does should contact Investigator Betsy Magdaleno of the LA County Medical Examiner's Office at (323) 343-0512. Younger Doe's agency case number is 1980-01329, while Older Doe's is 1980-01340.

Informants may also contact Detective Harry Lewin of the LA County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. YD's agency case number is 080-00574-0670-014, while OD's is 080-00574-0670-014.

Sources 

Younger Doe: NamUs, Doe Network, FindAGrave, Unidentified wiki, LA County ME

Older Doe: NamUs, Doe Network, FindAGrave, Unidentified wiki, LA County ME

WebSleuths

Doug Clark & Carol Bundy Wikipedia pages