Valerie Zavala // 161

On New Years Eve, 2002, an inspiring 19-year-old woman celebrated at a friends house party in Fillmore, California before becoming the designated driver for the night. But after taking some partygoers home, she disappeared. When her body was found the following morning in a nearby drainage pipe, the investigation into her murder began. This is the story of Valerie Zavala.

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28811002/valerie-diane-wilson

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercurynews/name/valerie-wilson-obituary?id=14629352

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-03-me-puebla3-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-18-me-zavala18-story.html

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing87975/unsolved-murder-valerie-zavala-wilson-t3530.html

https://www.oocities.org/inmemoryofvalerie/article_070904.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/190278884/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/191070557/?terms=Valerie%20zavala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/190255579/?terms=Valerie%20zavala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/190262454/?terms=Valerie%20zavala&match=1

http://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/4876/High_School_senior,_18,_charged_in_brutal_slaying_of_Valerie_Zavala_.html

https://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/term_report_web_08072012.pdf

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