Michelle Yvette Gutierrez, a 23-year-old Hispanic woman originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, was found brutally murdered on October 30, 1986, in an industrial area of Rubidoux, near Riverside County, California. Her body was discovered by a man collecting aluminum cans, lying in a drainage ditch with her clothing torn and signs of extreme violence. The scene was gruesome—her blouse and shorts had been shredded, and she was covered in blood.
The genital area of the young Hispanic woman had been mutilated, and her body bore multiple stab wounds to the face, chest, and buttocks. Ligature marks around her neck indicated she had been strangled, and the autopsy revealed severe trauma to both the anal and vaginal
