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Tina Leal

Case from Riverside County, CA dated Dec 13, 1989

Victim Details

Tina Leal

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Riverside County

CA

1989-12-13

23

Tina

Leal

07/09/2026

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Christina “Tina” Leal, a 23-year-old Hispanic woman, was tragically murdered in Riverside County, California, on December 13, 1989. Her death was part of a chilling series of homicides attributed to William Lester Suff, a convicted serial killer known as the “Riverside Prostitute Killer” and the “Lake Elsinore Killer.” Suff targeted women—many of whom were sex workers—across Riverside County between 1986 and 1991, leaving a trail of brutalized victims in his wake.

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