Remembering Our Dead

Kathy Foster

Kathy was shot three times in the head by Richard Reil, who was linked to the case through DNA evidence.

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) - Twenty-five years after a [trans sex worker] was found shot to death in Ontario, detectives say they have matched scientific evidence recovered from the crime scene to an Orange County man awaiting trial in another killing.

Police say DNA evidence links 49-year-old Richard Reil to the March 22, 1990, slaying of [deadname] Foster."

https://web.archive.org/web/20260329194427/https://www.dailybreeze.com/2015/08/22/dna-links-suspect-to-1990-homicide-of-transvestite-prostitute/

https://www.ocregister.com/2015/08/24/santa-ana-man-awaiting-trial-on-murder-charge-is-linked-to-killing-of-transgender-prostitute-in-ontario/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-murder-of/73942193/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulare-advance-register-murder-of-transg/75530338/

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-lyle-kathy-foster-24-shot-to-death-ontario-22-march-1990-arrest.288564/

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2015/08/22/dna-links-suspect-to-1990-homicide-of-transvestite-prostitute/

https://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:usa

Report added: 12 Mar 2024. Last updated: 9 Apr 2026

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