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THE MURDER OF JUDY GIFFORD

1/26/2020

 
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Vallejo Times-Herald-March 13th 1975: A skeleton found Tuesday in an open field at Columbus Parkway and St. John's Mine Road was identified tentatively Wednesday by Vallejo police as the remains of an 18-year-old Chinese girl from Sonoma. Detective Richard Hoffman said the skeleton is presumed to be that of Deana Hooper, who had been reported missing here last July 15 by her sister, Mrs Tonna Albright of 901 Georgia Street, with whom she had been staying. Hoffman said Mrs. Albright made the tentative identification after viewing the clothing and sandals found at the scene of the discovery and recognized them as her sister's. Hoffman said Mrs. Albright also identified the ruby-colored birthstone ring on the right hand as that worn by her sister when she disappeared here nine months ago.

Hoffman said the first clue to the skeletons tentative identification came from Harold Thacker, a retired Vallejo police sergeant and now a criminal investigator to Mare Island. Hoffman said Thacker supplied the name of the missing Chinese girl after reading yesterday's Times-Herald account of the discovery of the skeleton. Thacker told Hoffman he recalled talking to the missing girl's father at Mare Island when he made inquiries at the shipyard after his daughter was reportedly last seen there. Hoffman said a check of Police Department records uncovered a missing persons report involving Deana Hooper which had been filed by her sister in Vallejo. Police immediately contacted the sister with the result to the skeletons' identity. Hoffman said confirmations of the identification rests with an examination of the Sonoma girl's dental charts, which have been released by a Napa dentist for checking with he skeleton's teeth.

On October 1st 1976, just over two years after Deana Hooper was reported missing and eventually found near the golf course alongside Columbus Parkway, the strangled body of 14-year-old Judy Gifford was found in a shallow grave by Lake Merced pumping station, an area surrounded by three golf courses in the southwest corner of San Francisco. She was discovered by a boy digging for turtle eggs in the sand, when he noticed a human hand protruding above the surface. Her body was fully clothed with a Timex watch on the wrist and wearing gold earrings. However, she was only reported missing in 2017 by her half-brother William Shin, only six at the time of her disappearance, who informed authorities that the family hadn't seen or heard from her since 1976. Her body remained unidentified until 2019, but through DNA of a paternal aunt she was ultimately reunited to her family and the Jane Doe No. 40 tag removed. 


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The reason for this case being highlighted isn't just because of its location near a lake and the reference to a pumping station, or its proximity to several golf courses, but the striking appearance of both victims. Judy Gifford was of Asian descent, while Deana Hooper and Tonna Albright had been adopted at a young age from an orphanage in Hong Kong by their foster father. Some killers target a particular victim type, so the circumstances in both cases was noteworthy having been separated by just two years.  
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Toots
1/26/2020 05:02:52 pm

Found at St. John's Mine Road? How many clues to "John" are we overlooking in these Z victims?

Toots
1/26/2020 05:10:55 pm

Wait, let me get this straight...a 14 yr old had been missing since 1976 and the family didn't report her missing until 2019?? How messed up is that?

Richard
1/27/2020 01:09:44 am

I read that police were looking into their files to see if she had been reported missing in 1976 or not. It's unusual because family members usually follow up regularly in the years after a missing person, especially when the case turns cold and they attempt to reinvigorate it. But without knowing the full details it's difficult to say what happened in the intervening years. In my experience burying a body is usually done by somebody who knows the victim and is attempting to thwart a murder investigation. This is not usually necessary for somebody without connections to the victim.

Judith
1/28/2020 05:27:54 pm

Always a beautiful girl.

Richard
1/29/2020 04:42:07 am

Certainly Judith. It's strange really, because when you watch the many murder documentaries on Youtube they often describe the women as beautiful or attractive, which I have always found an irrelevance, as every life is important irrespective of the outside appearance. The overriding factor is that somebody has been murdered and their looks are not relevant to the gravity of the crime perpetrated upon them. Often rape and murder in a crime is often described as a power and control issue, rather than the desire for sex. However, when we do look at the victims, they are overwhelmingly attractive (although not exclusively), in direct conflict to the majority of the population, thereby indicating they are often chosen for their attractiveness - and the power issue is of secondary consideration after the victim has been selected. What are your thoughts Judith.

Judith
1/29/2020 09:01:01 pm

I'm thinking of Zodiac's victims in particular. Always a beautiful girl. Which lends to these girls being potential victims.


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