October 30, 1966, Riverside, California, Cheri Jo Bates who was only 18 years old was coming out of class going to her car when she has noticed that the distributor coil was disconnected. While wondering how it had happened a man came up and offered help, instea pulled Cheri behind a shrub were she struggled violently. Cheri was stabbed in the back as well as the chest. Her throat was also slashed so deeply that she was nearly decapitated.

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