Anita Mary Luchessa, an 18-year-old student at Fresno State University, disappeared from Berkeley, California on May 7, 1972. She and her friend, Mary Anne Pesce, were hitchhiking with the intention of visiting friends at Stanford University. Luchessa was described as a Caucasian female with brown hair and brown eyes, standing at 5'1" tall. She wore gold-rimmed eyeglasses and was last seen wearing a red shirt and white bib overalls.
The two young women were picked up by the serial killer Edmund Emil "Ed" Kemper III. Kemper drove them to a remote wooded area near Alameda, California. There, he murdered both women by stabbing and strangling them. Luchessa was reportedly killed in the trunk of Kemper's car in a similar manner to her friend.
Following the murders, Kemper dismembered their bodies in his apartment and disposed of their remains near Loma Prieta Mountain. In August 1972, Pesce's skull was discovered in a wooded area on the mountain. However, no trace of Anita Mary Luchessa has ever been found. Kemper later confessed to the murders of Luchessa and Pesce, along with several other victims. He was subsequently convicted of eight counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison.Last Seen: May 7, 1972
