Cold Case Homicide – Help Us Bring Justice for Sharalyn Murphy
September 20, 2025 – Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on October 4, 1994, the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office recovered a pair of hands in a garbage bag on the shore of New Melones Reservoir located in California.
On December 13, 1994, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office recovered a nude, headless, and handless female body six miles from the Reservoir.
The hands and the body were connected and identified as those of 23-year-old Sharalyn Murphy. Sharalyn was originally from the State of Washington but moved to Sacramento, CA in 1993.
The remainder of Sharalyn’s body has never been recovered.
Related: Calaveras County Sheriff Seeks Public’s Help in 1994 Cold Case Murder of Sharalyn Murphy Found in New Melones Reservoir
If you have any information, please call the Anonymous Tip Line at (209) 754-6030.
For more details about the Calaveras County Cold Case Task Force, visit: www.calaverascoldcase.org.
Source & photos: Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office
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