Joey Mans, 26, was found shot execution-style on October 12, 1992, on a remote hilltop near Lake Mathews in Riverside County, California. He and his best friend, Timothy Kipp Jones were located by a routine helicopter patrol; both men had been shot and their vehicle was ransacked. Investigators documented spent shell casings and distinctive shoe impressions in the dirt that did not match the victims’ footwear.

Those killings were linked to a two-month violent spree that also claimed the life of Jose Aragon and included the attempted murder and robbery of an off-duty police officer, Sgt. John Feltenberger, among other crimes. The investigation produced witness testimony, physical evidence and recorded statements that led to arrests and convictions.

Orlando Gene Romero and his younger brother Christopher Self were convicted of first-degree murder for the deaths of Mans, Jones and Aragon and of related offenses; both were sentenced to death on August 28, 1996. Does anyone have information about Joey’s last movements or who might have seen him near Lake Mathews in October 1992?