The 1986 killing of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found dumped on a South Pasadena street has been linked to a convicted serial killer -- and details of the "major breakthrough" in the cold case will be announced Tuesday, sheriff's officials said.
L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna and other officials will hold a news conference in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning to detail fresh evidence in the death of Cathy Ann Small more than 38 years ago.
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"This development marks a significant moment in the pursuit of justice for a crime that has haunted the community for nearly four decades," sheriff's officials said in a statement Monday announcing the news conference.
It was unclear which serial killer has been linked to Small's death.
Small's body was discovered in the 800 block of Bank Street in South Pasadena, the sheriff's department said Monday.
The weekly South Pasadena Review newspaper reported in 1986 that Small, of Lake Elsinore, was found beaten and stabbed.
As the paper reported at the time, Small "was clad in a nightgown and socks, was wearing costume jewelry, and had a blue tattoo on the inside of her left ankle reading `Ron' with the name surrounded by flowers, investigators said."
Her killing was never solved.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger is among those expected to join Luna and other sheriff's department officials at the Tuesday morning news conference, along with South Pasadena Police Chief Brian Solinsky and L.A. County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Odey Ukpo.
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