Georgia Leah Moses

 

Georgia Leah Moses (January 7, 1985 – August 13, 1997) was a 12-year-old African American girl from Santa Rosa, California, whose unsolved murder case remains open.

Key Case Details

• Disappearance & Death: Georgia was last seen around 10:00 PM on August 13, 1997, near the intersection of Sebastopol Road and Dutton Avenue in Santa Rosa, after getting a pager message and leaving with an unidentified man.

• Discovery: Her decomposing body was found on August 22, 1997, by a Caltrans worker next to the Highway 101 southbound on-ramp at Petaluma Boulevard South in Petaluma, California.

• Cause of Death: An autopsy determined she died of asphyxia by strangulation or smothering between the night of August 13 and early morning of August 14, 1997.

• Person of Interest: Investigators described the suspect as a Black man aged 25–30, roughly 6′2″ to 6′4″ and 200 pounds, with very short black hair, driving a small white four-door car.

How to Submit Tips

• Sonoma County Sheriff's Department: (707) 565-2185 or (707) 565-2650

• Anonymous Tips: Sonoma County Sheriff's Silent Witness