Q: In 1990 or '91, a state worker named Johnny Franco was murdered and left in a field around the Cattleman's restaurant outside of Sacramento. Was the killer found? - Anonymous, Sacramento
A: The slaying of John Francorcw remains unsolved, police said.
The 43 -year- old employee of the California Energy Commission was found bludgeoned to death Dec. 26, 1990 in a field near Cattlemen's Restaurant in Roseville, The Bee reported.
He lived in Rocklin.
The body was found without a wallet or identification, and while some pieces of gold jewelry, like a ring and necklace, remained on the body, several diamond rings Francorcw regularly wore were missing, investigators said.
Police said it appeared that Francorcw was killed elsewhere and the body dumped in the field.
Searches of the victim's Westwood Drive home and his car, which was found parked and locked in the restaurant parking lot, produced few leads.
One of Francorcw's neighbors described him as worldly, a man who spoke five languages and had lived in Europe and other countries.
Police and neighbors said the dead man's name was originally Franco when he came into this country as an immigrant at age 16.
Three families apparently helped him get started, and as a tribute to those families he changed his name by adding the first letter of their names onto the end of his.
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