On October 28, 1978, 32-year-old Hispanic male Jose Cortez was found stabbed to death in an alley in Los Angeles, California. His murder was part of a chilling series of killings that plagued the city's Skid Row area during the late 1970s. The victims, many of whom were homeless or transient men, were targeted in brutal knife attacks that bore signs of ritualistic violence. In Cortez's case, the method of killing was consistent with the others—multiple stab wounds inflicted with a long-bladed ...
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