Elizabeth Ortega

Death by Force

Elizabeth Ortega, a 15-year-old Hispanic female from Fresno, California, was brutally raped and murdered in 1974. Her case remained unsolved for decades until advancements in DNA technology led to a breakthrough. In 2008, a Fresno County jury convicted 73-year-old Ray Dell Sims of first-degree murder in connection with Elizabeth's death. Sims, already serving a life sentence for the 1977 murder of another teenage girl, Janet Herstein, was brought back to Fresno from San Quentin State Prison in 2 ...Read More

Life in Prison for Accused Serial Murderer | ABC30 Fresno

Sims Guilty for Murder of Fresno Teenage Girl - ABC30

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