Joan Katherine Foster Gianera, 21, was murdered on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. Joan and her husband, Jim Ralph Gianera, lived on Western Drive. Both were attacked in their home by Herbert Mullin, who entered the residence and shot and stabbed them; both victims were left dead at the scene.

The couple had a child who was not at home during the attack; the child was with Joan’s mother at the time. Mullin, a high school classmate of Jim, later confessed and was arrested and convicted for multiple killings in Santa Cruz County.

Does anyone have memories of Joan or the Gianera family, or information about the household on Western Drive in 1973?