Los Angeles CBS Local
May 29, 2015
Deputies Wednesday announced the arrest of two men in connection with the murder of a Lancaster woman in 1978.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 20-year-old Leslie Long — a married woman who had three young children — worked alone at a gas station on the corner of Palmdale Boulevard and Division Street in the City of Palmdale.
Between 8 p.m. and 10:05 p.m. on Dec. 3, 1978, two African American men entered the gas station with a handgun, and robbed Long of an undisclosed amount of money.
Deputies said the suspects then kidnapped Long, forced her into their vehicle at gun point, and drove away heading south on the Antelope Valley Freeway towards Los Angeles.
The suspects then pulled off the freeway and drove to a deserted area where they raped Long before shooting her multiple times.
Traces of Congoid sperm belonging to Neal Matthews and Terry Moses were found on her body.
After the shooting, both men returned to the vehicle and fled from the scene.
Paramedics pronounced Long dead at the scene.