Seeking Help, Do You Know These Women? Photos Taken by Serial Killer Joseph Naso

Over the years police have sought to identify women that were either photographed or drawn by serial killers. One that is very well-known, is Rodney Alcala who posed as a professional photographer to lure women. Samuel Little drew photos of his alleged victims from memory. Much like Alcala, Joseph Naso used his photography credentials to make women feel safe about going with him.

I have written about Joseph Naso before. He carried the moniker "The Alphabet Killer", or "Double Monogram Killer". He lived off Cooper Avenue in Yuba City (a home he bought for $65,000) and he was also the serial killer and rapist who murdered two women in Yuba County: Tracy Tafoya and Pamela Parsons. Much like another name we know well, Juan Corona, Naso kept a death ledger of women he wanted to attack, and women he did in. The Alphabet Murders covered the span of the United States from New York to California, and possibly overseas to London.



Many possible victims have yet to be uncovered by photos or ledger entries. Now, a pair of detectives are looking for help in identifying some of these women in Naso's photo collection which was confiscated during the investigation.

Police seized thousands of documents, ledgers, journals, photographs, and calendars from Naso’s home. Also, in two safety deposit boxes he had $152,400 in cash, along with newspaper clippings from the slayings of Parsons and Tafoya. Also inside the safe deposit box, were personal items from women. These items included a small black purse, personal documentation of other women, passports, and driver’s licenses.

On a random probation search, 5,000+ photos were found of women who were bound at the wrists and ankles, as well as gagged. Most appeared unconscious laying near mannequin parts. Along with photos, calendars and ledgers containing strange descriptions and dates were found. Among those was a list of 10 women. Prosecutors deemed these ledgers Naso's rape and sexual assault diaries. They dated back to as far as 1950.

His ledger had 10 entries -Police assume these are entries of women he killed. These had vague descriptions of the women, as well as the location where he dumped their bodies.

1. Girl near Heldsburg [sic] Mendocino Co. **UNKNOWN Possible Healdsburgs Jane doe discovered 1983 (possibly Cheryl Carter of Sonoma County?)
2. Girl near Port Costa **Carmen Colon
3. Girl near Loganitas (mispelled Laganitas) **Roxene Roggasch
4. Girl on Mt. Tam **UNKNOWN
5. Girl from Miami near Down Peninsula **UNKNOWN
6. Girl from Berkeley **UNKNOWN
7. Lady from 839 Leavenworth ** Sharileea Patton
8. Girl in Woodland (near Nevada County) **Sarah Dylan a.k.a Renee Shapiro
9. Girl from Linda (Yuba County) **Pamela Parsons, dumped near Simpson Lane
10. Girl from MRSV [sic](Cemetery) ** Tracy Tafoya, dumped in Marysville Cemetery.

Naso's Photography Credentials

His diary also had some haunting entries that are nothing less than disturbing. Police believe this was a rape diary.

“Stayed in (Yuba City) all day long. Took care of some old business,” dated September 15th, 1993. the Last day that Pamela Parsons from Yuba County was seen alive.

“Met Tracy. Put it to her,” August 5th, 1994, Tracy Tafoya.

“Picked up a nice broad in (Marysville). 4 p.m. She came over for four hours. Took photographs. Nice legs. She ripped me off,” dated August 6th, 1994, the last time Tracy Tafoya, a Yuba County resident was last seen alive.

“Girl in north Buffalo woods. She was real pretty. Had to knock her out first.”
“Rochester 1958, picking up a gorgeous chick at a bus stop,” where he “headed for the cemetery and started to kiss and molest her. I had to force her down and hold her skirt up . . . her girdle down . . . it was hard work. To this day I love her. I wish I could have married her.”

“She fell for it . . . I forced her down on the back seat. . . . She was scared.” - 1961, for this case, he was arrested but nothing came of it.

"Outside the front door I overpowered her and ravaged her, I couldn't help myself." - London

Having this small window into the mind of this monster, we can see how horrific being in the presence of Joseph Naso must have been for these women.


Photos 
The following photos were posted by The Murder Squad on Facebook. This is an investigative team consisting of retired cold case investigator Paul Holes (responsible for the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo who is believed to be the Golden State Killer), and investigative journalist Billy Jensen.

The photos investigators found, ranged from cheesy pin-up to downright scary.
According to the Huff post - Probation officer Roger Jacobs, who found the photos in a search of Naso’s home, was the first witness called at the hearing. He said the pictures showed nude women posed in “unnatural positions” who appeared dead or unconscious. “I saw numerous photographs of women in various unnatural positions,”
Many of the photographs found in Naso’s possession are believed to be of unconscious or deceased women according to Richard Brown, lead investigator with the Nevada Department of Public Safety.

The photos I am about to share with you are of very alive looking women.

This morning The Murder Squad made a plea on their Facebook, "Do you know who any of these women are? The photos of them were found in the possession of serial killer Joseph Naso. Naso operated in Northern California from the 1960's to the late 1990's. He also spent time in New York, Nevada, and London, England.

Please share these photos. If you have any information at all, please message us."

If you would like to read more about this case, please check out my previous story detailing Joseph Naso's crimes.

References -

http://thedeviationdiaries.blogspot.com/2016/11/yuba-sutter-serial-killerrapist-joseph.html

https://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/alleged-serial-killer-on-trial-linked-to-skull-found-in-nevada-county/

http://swordandscale.com/the-diary-of-a-serial-rapist/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2011/08/22/serial-slaying-suspect-perplexes-judge-who-says-no-to-delay-request/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-naso-pictures_n_1199039