About Town Redondo: Cold case help, city council 5-minute rule
Police seek help in cold-case murder investigation The Redondo Beach Police Department seeks the public’s help to solve a murder case that went cold for more than forty years, before two retired RBPD detectives identified the victim. Police Chief Joe Hoffman held a press conference June 26. Former RBPD Captain John Skipper and Sergeant Rick Petersen, after years of work, were able to identify the woman earlier in 2023. Her bones were found in 2001 buried in a Redondo Beach backyard. Using DNA and genealogical exploration, Skipper and Petersen identified the remains as that of Catherine Parker-Johnson, 24, a black adult woman, who had come to Southern California from Memphis, Tenn. She is believed to have been killed in 1981. “We’ve been able to develop plausible working theories that are heading us down the right path,” Chief Hoffman said during the press conference. “But we can still use more information.” The bones, found in a plastic bag, were discovered by plumbers on Wollacott Street. The case is an active homicide investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Skipper or Petersen at (310) 379-2477. E-mail may be sent to janedoe2001@redondo.org. Councilmembers to get…
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