After the young mother was missing for more than a month, a police detective followed up on a tip and followed Stephen Poaches, Latoyias boyfriend and father to her unborn child.
Fridays, local philanthropists Joe Mammanaand, and Kal Rudman had helped the family search for LaToyia as well as give funds.
The police began to search for a minibus, it was not immediately possible to find it but eventually, a breakthrough in the case resulted in police locating the vehicle.
She was attacked on Christmas Eve 1978 while jogging in the Camp Sherman area.