The Unsolved Murder of Cheri Jo Bates

Brutally killed in a dark alley on her college campus in 1966, claimed by an infamous serial killer who remains unidentified

Cheri Jo Bates, “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880–2012”; Ramona High School; Year: 1965; public domain image

In the 1960s, the city of Riverside, California, was a peaceful community full of families who enjoyed relatively crime-free lives. Unlike Los Angeles, 60 miles west, Riverside was a safe place…