Gerald Owen Huth, a 39-year-old businessman from Minnesota, was murdered on January 10, 1980, on U.S. Highway 101 near Paso Robles, California. He was killed during a violent robbery in which his car was stolen.

The killer was later identified as Donald Eugene Harding, a serial robber and spree killer active from December 1979 into January 1980. Harding committed multiple murders across California, Arizona and Texas and was convicted for three of those homicides. Harding was sentenced to death and executed in Arizona on April 6, 1992.

Huth’s death was one of several in Harding’s cross-state crime spree that included robberies, kidnappings and vehicle thefts. If anyone knew Gerald Huth or has information about his movements on or near U.S. Highway 101 on January 10, 1980, please share what is known.