KCSO Full Interstate Victim List, mid-May 1975

Important Background Info on KCSO Files 

From 1974 to 1975 the King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) worked with agencies in California (as well as other western states) to investigate whether each state's recent unsolved female homicides (UFHs) were related. Many, many files and records were generated during this collaboration, many of which list different combinations of possibly related UFHs. 

The list of likely victims was eventually narrowed down to 22: fourteen in CA — including seven SRHM victims — and eight in OR and WA (primarily KCSO cases). This investigation culminated in the CA DOJ publishing a report on the 22 victims in February 1975; that report is available here.

I am interested in these files because many, if not all, of the CA victims are relevant to this blog. Furthermore, this is, as of September 2025, one of the — if not the — only official set of records I've been able to get my hands on for many of these cases, as California's Public Records Act (PRA) deems investigative files as exempt from disclosure, so I have been unable to obtain any when submitting PRA requests to the actual respective agencies.

By the second half of 1975 it was determined that the cases under KCSO jurisdiction (as well as many others) were committed by serial killer Ted Bundy, though none of the CA cases have been attributed to him. 

Despite this, KCSO — unlike many CA agencies, including CA DOJ — not only retained all their files generated during this interstate investigation, but have also made them available among its other Bundy files in a Dropbox through the King County Archives. Due to the large volume of records in a semi-disorganized fashion, I have gone through and separated the relevant ones into related chunks, including the one below. Many of these files that I am sharing specifically originated from Box 25, Folder 11, "924-25-11 California Criminal Intelligence" of the King County Archives' Dropbox.

A full list of all files pertaining to the above that I have made available on this site can be found on the sidebar of this blog under the title KCSO File Index.  

Info on the Source of this Specific File

The images below specifically consists of pages 1-2 [rotated], 3-4, and 6-9 from Box 25, Folder 11, "924-25-11 California Criminal Intelligence" of the King County Archives' Dropbox.

This file is the fullest, most comprehensive list of victims across states and British Columbia from the KCSO files. 

[Note: This list, for whatever reason, does not include the four girls missing from Rawlins, Wyoming as detailed here.] 

Prior to being uploaded to Dropbox, these files were partially redacted by King County officialsin accordance with laws regarding what can or cannot be disclosed when responding to a public records requests. This blog post contains copies I have made that have been edited from the originals, with notes regarding the contents of redacted information. I have determined the contents of said redacted information — primarily victim names — based on date, age, location, etc. All text in Helvetica/Arial/etc font is my work, and is representative of what I strongly believe to be the original contents of the files. Below each page are further notes of mine.

Determining A Date

This list only concerns women and girls who went missing between January 1969 and April 1975, inclusive. Because KCSO's investigation concerned any then-recent (and then-unsolved) disappearances and homicides of women and girls from the surrounding areas, it can be assumed that the list was not purposefully constrained based on end date, i.e., that the KCSO didn't make this list in, say, 1978 and decided to only look at cases up to April 1975.

Instead, it's reasonable to assume that some certain cases (especially ones that are commonly attributed now to Bundy) were not included in this list simply because they hadn't happened yet. 

For example, #79 on this list is 17-year-old Laura Aime, who a) went missing 10/31/74 and was found 11/27/74, b) was — and still is — believed to be a victim of Bundy and therefore connected to the many KCSO cases central to this investigation, and c) was investigated by the Utah County SO. 

It therefore follows that 15-year-old Susan "Sue" Curtis, missing from Provo, Utah County, UT since June 27, 1975, and is widely believed to be yet another victim of Bundy, should also be included on this list. However, the fact that she isn't indicates that, in this instance, the "deciding" factor was that Susan simply wasn't missing yet at the time the document was created; this list concerns UFHs so far. Because of this, the latest date in the document corresponds to when it was created.

The latest case from the leftmost column of the list, concerning dates of last contact, is #90, Hallie Anne Seaman, who went missing on April 29, 1975, so it is known that this document was created sometime after that. However, we can get more specific than that.

The body of victim #89 on the list, Melanie Suzanne Cooley, is noted to have already been found at the time of publication. Her remains were found on May 2, 1975, and were identified as hers by May 4th of that year. This therefore places the creation of this document as occurring after May 4, 1975.

Furthermore, Vonnie Stuth, victim #81, is labeled as still missing on the list. From this it can be ascertained that this document was created prior to the discovery, then identification, of Vonnie's remains on May 27, 1975.

It is therefore known that this list was created sometime between May 4th and May 27th of 1975, not inclusive.

A Warning

Please be aware that these investigative records contain details of violence — primarily of a sexual nature — against women and girls aged anywhere between 10 and 44 years old (though primarily 27 and under), which is described using blunt police terminology, as well as some dated terms (especially regarding race and female sexuality) that were more-or-less typical of the time period. Some individuals may find these details and descriptions graphic or disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. 

* Judith Lattaker: SUSPECTED
The primary suspect in her death is fugitive and suspected serial killer Taylor Morris Teaford.

** Roxie Ann Phillips: [more-or-less] SOLVED
In early Aug. 1969, investigators determined that Roxie had been murdered by John Norman Collins, aka the Michigan Murderer. He was formally indicted for Roxie's death in April 1970.

The evidence (both physical & circumstantial) linking Collins to Roxie's murder was stronger than any of the Michigan murders that he was linked to and went to trial for. However, in Jan. 1972, CA authorities waived all extradition proceedings against Collins; the stated reasoning was that, "as Collins had already received a life sentence in Michigan, the case therefore was undeserving of 'priority attention' by California authorities, in part due to the fact Collins would be returned to Michigan to serve his sentence if convicted."

Because of this, no one has ever been brought to trial for Roxie's case, which is therefore technically still open, both at the time that this document was created, as well as currently in Mar. 2026).  

*** Barbara Ann Thomas: IDENTIFIED & SOLVED
In 1980 Barbara's killer was arrested and later convicted, and gave investigators information leading to her identification.

**** Betty Cloer: SOLVED
Phillip Arthur Thompson was identified through DNA in 2002 and subsequently convicted in this case.

 

* Barbara Ann Derry: SUSPECTED
Suspected serial killer Warren Forrest is believed to possibly be responsible for Barbara's death.

** Sandra Peters: SUSPECTED
The culprits were never brought to trial, but it seems that it's generally known who killed her. She was going to testify against ex-boyfriend, who was involved in drugs & crime; sources make it seem like he was the one to kill Sandra.

*** Jane Pellett
A man named Robert Oliver was charged with murdering Jane after he made incriminating statements to police in Ohio (where he was from) while being held there on two charges of bank robbery. For the Ohio bank robbery charges, Oliver was found innocent by reason of insanity. Because of this, the trustworthiness/accuracy of Oliver's earlier confession of murdering Jane was called into question, and a judge decided that "conviction is improbable." By January 1980, Oliver was transferred to the Oregon State Hospital, and charges against him were dropped. [Source]

**** Maureen Field: SOLVED
In 1980 serial killer Phillip Joseph Hughes Jr was arrested and convicted of Maureen's murder.

***** Leslie Perlov: SOLVED
In 2018 Leslie's killer was identified through DNA as John Getreu, who was then convicted in 2023. 

 

* Yvonne Quilantang was not Black like as noted here, but instead Filipina.

** Identified in 2023 as Arminda Ribeiro.

*** Linda O'Keefe: SOLVED
In 2019 Linda's murderer was identified through DNA as James Alan Neal.

**** Gale Weys: SUSPECTED
Bobby Jack Fowler is considered a "strong suspect" in Gale's case. In 2012 it was announced that Fowler's DNA matched that found on the body of Colleen MacMillen, who went missing and was found murdered in Aug. and Sept. 1974, respectively. MacMillen's case, while not featured in these files, is/was considered part of the Highway of Tears.

***** Pamela Darlington: SUSPECTED
Bobby Jack Fowler is considered a "strong suspect" in Pamela's case. In 2012 it was announced that Fowler's DNA matched that found on the body of Colleen MacMillen, who went missing and was found murdered in Aug. and Sept. 1974, respectively. MacMillen's case, while not featured in these files, is/was considered part of the Highway of Tears.

****** Katherine Merry Devine: SOLVED
Katherine was long believed to be a victim of Bundy, though he denied any involvement in her murder. In 2002 Katherine's murderer was identified through DNA as William Earl Cosden Jr, who was then convicted for the crime.

 

* Janet Taylor: SOLVED
In 2019 Janet's murderer was identified through DNA as John Getreu, who was convicted of the crime in 2021.

** Nina Leigh: SOLVED 
Nina's body was identified in mid-April 1975. Her husband, Eric Leigh, was found guilty of her murder in May 1976.

*** Known as Naramata Jane Doe 1974. 

NOTE: "Kathy Rubin" is also known as Karen Sparks. 

* SUSPECTED
These unidentified remains are believed to possibly be those of Georgann Hawkins (#65 on this list). Georgann has long been believed to be a victim of Bundy, who confessed to her murder. Bundy stated that Georgann's partial remains had already been found by the time of his confession. 

** Carol Valenzuela: SOLVED
Carol's body was found next to that of Martha Morrison, who serial killer Warren Leslie Forrest has been convicted of killing. In 2017 Forrest was named the prime suspect in Carol's murder, though he has not been charged for it. 

*** IDENTIFIED & SOLVED
Previously known as Vancouver Jane Doe Oct. 1974/"Orange Socks," the body was identified through DNA in 2015 as that of 17-year-old Martha Morrison. In 2020 long-time suspect (and suspected serial killer) Warren Forrest was charged with Martha's murder, and was found guilty in February 2023.

**** Vonnie Stuth: FOUND & SOLVED
On May 24, 1975, Vonnie's body was recovered by authorities buried in the yard of a man named Gary Addison Taylor, who had been questioned regarding the case early on in the investigation, but had fled the state before he could be given a lie detector test. 

Authorities had long considered Taylor the prime suspect, but couldn't investigate him further due to him fleeing the state, however upon the discovery of other bodies at Taylor's home in Michigan, LE in CA were given the go-ahead to search Taylor's property in CA for Vonnie's remains, which they successfully recovered. The body was definitively identified as Vonnie's on May 27, 1975. In August 1976 Taylor was convicted for Vonnie's murder and imprisoned.

* Known as Santa Fe County Jane Doe 1974.

** Janna Hanson: FOUND & SUSPECTED
Janna's remains were found in August 1975, about three months after this list was created. In October of that same year, a man committed suicide shortly after being questioned at length by the MLTPD, and was the prime suspect in the case.

*** Caryn Campbell's remains were found on February 17, 1975 and identified the following day. It is unknown why this fact was not included in this report, which was created about three months after the remains were discovered and identified.

**** Melanie Suzanne Cooley actually disappeared on Apr. 15, 1975, not Apr. 23, 1975. However, every other detail lines up with Melanie's case, so I am certain that this refers to her.

The document (likely accidentally) does not list the date that Melanie was found, which was May 2, 1975. Based on newspaper reports, the remains were identified as hers by May 4, 1975 (though the identification was more widely reported in newspapers on May 9th of that year).

Because of this, it can be determined that this document was created after the discovery & identification of Melanie's remains on May 4, 1975. Furthermore, because Vonnie Stuth (#81) is still labeled "Missing" on this list, it can be ascertained that this document was created prior to the discovery, then identification, of Vonnie's remains on May 27, 1975.

This therefore puts the creation of this document as occurring sometime between May 4th and 27th, 1975 (noninclusive).

***** Hallie Seaman: SOLVED
In about 2019 Hallie's murderer was identified through DNA as convicted triple murderer Charles Rodman Campbell, who was executed for his other crimes in 1994.

Note: The two Grays Harbor County victims on this page are Tina Lynn Jacobsen and Gaelisa Burton; their murders have been solved.