Redondo Beach cold case: Police seek public's help in 2001 death of woman recently identified

Investigators said human remains found at a construction site in August 2001 belonged to a woman named Catherine Parker-Johnson. They're hoping to solve the case with your help.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The Redondo Beach Police Department is hoping to solve a decades-old homicide case and is asking the public for any information that could help.

Investigators said human remains found at a construction site in August 2001 belonged to a woman named Catherine Parker-Johnson. She was identified earlier this year through DNA testing with the help of her sister and daughter.

Family members said they last had contact with Parker-Johnson in May 1981 and the last record of any contact with her was three months later in Lennox, California.

Police will be hosting a press conference on the case on Monday, June 26, at 10 a.m.

Anyone with information on Parker-Johnson is being asked to contact detectives John Skipper or Rick Petersen at 310-379-2477, Ext. 2714.

You can also send a text to 310-937-6675 or send an email to janedoe2001@redondo.org.

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