Ronald Harry McPherson, born February 27, 1947, died in Tuolumne County, California, on August 10, 1979. His cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation. McPherson was 32 at the time and was buried at Park View Cemetery in Manteca, San Joaquin County.

The death has been treated as a cold case and remains unsolved, with no arrests or publicly identified suspects. A case titled McPherson v. The Superior Court of Tuolumne County was filed June 8, 2021, and is pending; it pertains to procedural court matters rather than the circumstances of the death.

Few public details about the events leading to his asphyxiation are available. Does anyone have information about Ronald McPherson, his activities in Tuolumne County in 1979, or leads that could help investigators?