Oakland Tribune, Nov. 16, 2014

The following article concerns cold cases in the Bay Area. Relevant cases mentioned in the body of the text are the murder of Maria Ventura, the Walker family fire, and the murders of Betty and Carolyn Martin.

Also mentioned in the list on the final page alongside the above are the following unsolved murders of: 

        Clara Stella Anderson                    Sue Alice Bailey

        Anthony Vincent Bruno Jr.              Susan Cardwell

        Susan DeLeon                               Lawrence "Larry" Diaz

        Daniel Gruenberg                          Nancy June Hamilton

        Anthony J. Long                            Stewart Mayne

        Barbara McDonald                         Edward Alan McNeill

        John Roy Pettit                              Nicholas Patrick Powers 

        Clara Louise Rose                          Pearl Shimek 

        Amanda Stapleton                         Charlene Watts

        Gregory Weddington                      Johnella Wilkerson 

Furthermore, at least three of the murders present in the list — those of Paula Baxter, Carol Lee Booth, and Suzanne Bombardier — have since been solved. Furthermore, the murder of Charlotte Cook — while not officially solved — has had a recent breakthrough, and serial killer Joseph Naso is now heavily suspected in her case. 

Alund, Natalie Neys. "Cold case closure." The Oakland Tribune, pp. 1-9. Nov. 16, 2014. Accessed through Newspapers.com. Also available without accompanying images on NewsBank.