Crime at WARD PL on 04/10/2025 3:28 PM
Type: Other
Date: 04/10/2025 3:28 PM
Description: SUP. CIRC
Address: WARD PL, Carmel, CA
Case Number: FG2501840
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Name
Patricia JonesAge
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ShootingInfo
At 6:30 am on the morning of January 12, 1974, three newspaper boys discovered the body of Patricia Jones lying in the alleyway of Bruce Lane, near the old Kirby Appliance Store (no longer in existence). Patricia had been shot to death. Detectives were unable to determine if Patricia had been killed at the location she was found, or if her body had been left at this location after the murder. Patricia was visiting the Monterey area from her home in San Mateo, having arrived in Monterey by bus the previous day. Patricia had tried to rent a car at the Monterey Airport at 9:50 pm on 1/11/74, but was unsuccessful. Her whereabouts from that point on are not currently known. At the time of her murder, Patricia had been involved in occasionally working as an escort.Patricia’s murder is believed to have taken place sometime between 9:50 pm on 1/11/74 and 2:12 am on 1/12/74.Agency
Monterey PD