Patricia Candace Candy Walsh, 23, of Seattle was murdered after accepting a ride while hitchhiking in late 1989. She and her husband, Douglas Zyskowski, had been traveling to a religious convention in Georgia and were picked up near El Paso, Texas on their return trip. Douglas Zyskowski was killed shortly after the pickup. Patricia Walsh was held captive in the perpetrator’s truck for over a week, raped and tortured, then shot four times in the head and neck with a .22 caliber rifle.

Her decomposed body was found by deer hunters on October 26, 1990, in an isolated area near Interstate 15 in Millard County, Utah. The man who picked them up, Robert Ben Rhoades, later confessed to Walsh’s murder and was charged; he has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Patricia Walsh is remembered by family and friends as outgoing and free-spirited and as someone who shared her faith.

If anyone has information about Patricia’s travels or the days leading up to her disappearance, please share what you know.