On January 31, 1982, 40-year-old Su Cha Thomas was shot and killed in Dale City, Virginia. The killing occurred amid a sharp rise in Prince William County homicides that year, with the county reporting nearly a two-thirds increase in murders compared with the previous year.

Authorities identified 21-year-old marine Timothy D. Bunch, who was on temporary duty at the nearby Quantico base, as the suspect. Bunch was tried in Prince William County court, convicted of the shooting death of Su Cha Thomas, and sentenced to death — one of the first death sentences in the county in 61 years. As of an early 1983 report, Bunch was appealing his conviction and sentence.

Does anyone have memories of Su Cha Thomas or information about her life in Dale City that could add context to the case?