Episode 62: Bumper

In the early 1980s several girls went missing in the Salem, Oregon area. Some disappeared with hardly a trace while others turned up dead. An 18 year old recent high school graduate disappeared while delivering pizzas on the night of July 4th, 1982 leaving behind her car with the engine still running. The hunt for her abductor would lead those working on the case down many paths, but no one expected how it would be connected to multiple murders years later. In today’s episode we explore the cases of Sherry Eyerly, Rebecca Darling, and Katherine Redmond; three young women who were taken when their lives were just beginning.

Top to bottom, Left to Right: Katherine Redmond, Rebecca Darling, Sherry Eyerly, Terry Monroe

Abandoned Domino's delivery car, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Abandoned Domino's delivery car, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Domino's Destroyer Pizza left at scene, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Boot print left at scene, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Domino's uniform hat, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Domino's name tag, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Sherry Eyerly, Photo courtesy of On the with Case with Paula Zahn

Sherry Eyerly's Possible Delivery Paths, Dominos to Riverhaven Drive S

Katherine "Katie" Redmond and Rebecca "Becky" Darling, photo from Statesman Journal Newspaper

1984 photo of William Scott Smith, left, with Attorney Richard Stein, photo courtesy of Murderpedia

William Scott Smith, Photo courtesy of On the case with Paula Zahn

William Scott Smith mug shot, photo courtesy of Murderpedia

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SOURCES

The Charley Project - Sherry Melissa Eyerly | The Doe Network - Sherry Melissa Eyerly | Unsolved Mysteries Fandom - Sherry Eyerly |Murderpedia - William Scott Smith | Oregon Live - Decades Old Salem Murder | Statesman Journal - Searchers Fail to Find Missing Teenager 6 July 1982 | Statesman Journal - Friends and Family 6 July 1982 | Statesman Journal - Dominos puts stress on security 7 July 1982 | The Spokesman Review - Clerk Vanishes from store 20 February 1984 | Statesman Journal - Smith No Stranger to the System 26 April 1984 | Statesman Journal - Cold Case 19 October 2012 | Statesman Journal - We were convinced there were more 19 December 2007 | Statesman Journal - Smith Guilty 10 July 1984 | Statesman Journal - Authorities Comb Through Site April 13 1984 | The World Link - Convicted Serial Killer Pleads Guilty to Third Murder | Oregon Secretary of State - Focus Song | NeighborhoodScout - Salem, OR | Wikipedia - Salem Oregon | UPI - The body of Willamette University Coed… | UPI - The Grand Jury | PDX Monthly - Age of Innocence | On the Case with Paula Zahn - Kidnapped on the 4th of July S9E4 |