Q: A UC Berkley student disappeared in 1963 and half her body was later found in Santa Cruz. Was anyone ever arrested for killing her? - Anonymous, Sacramento.
A: The grisly slaying of Judy Williamson is unsolved.
The 18-year-old pre-med student disappeared on Oct. 29, 1963 after she left her parents' home in Albany, The Bee reported.
She was last seen about 7 a.m. that day walking near her usual bus stop.
Her umbrella later was found in an El Cerrito shopping center trash can, six blocks from her bus stop. Her blood-stained school books were found in a trash can on the Berkeley campus.
On Nov. 19, 1963, blood stains found on the cement floor of a UC Berkeley parking lot matched Williamson's blood group.
On April 7, 1966, four people searching for redwood branches in Big Basin Park near Santa Cruz stumbled upon part of her the upper half of a skeleton and some tattered clothing.
Dental records and other tests established that the remains were Williamson's. The skull and breastbone bore slash marks that indicated she was the victim of a frenzied stabbing attack.
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