Myrtle Dee Benham, 56, was shot to death on March 20, 1981. Her body was found inside an abandoned desert house in Baker, California. The killing was later tied to a multi-state crime spree carried out by Kelvin Malone and an accomplice, Michael Terry Crenshaw.

Prosecutors said Malone was the more aggressive participant and the actual shooter; Crenshaw, 22 at the time, was convicted as an accomplice and later received a lengthy sentence. Malone was convicted of robbery, rape, and Benham’s shooting death. The wider spree included additional victims whose cases were prosecuted in California and Missouri.

The murder of Myrtle Benham remains part of that larger criminal case. Did anyone in Baker or the surrounding area have contact with Benham in the weeks before March 20, 1981?