Not Forgotten: Castro Valley Cold Case Murder

CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Alameda County sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a cold case homicide from February 1975.

Geraldine Thomas, a 22-year-old woman, was found about two miles into a trail in Castro Valley on Feb. 9, 1975. She had last been seen at a "cookware party" on Dec. 20 of the previous year.

According to sheriff's officials, she was picked up by a black man who was about 45 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall with short cut salt-and-pepper hair and she was never seen again.

Anyone who has information about this case is asked to call investigators at (510) 667-3661, or an anonymous tip line at (510) 667-3622.

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— Bay City News; Image by Renee Schiavone, Patch