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Case of California Teen Brutally Murdered on San Diego Beach in '78 is Reopened

By Lee Moran, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Credit: San Diego Police Department

SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT On the morning of Aug. 13, 1978, police officers responded to Torrey Pines State Beach where passers-by found the body of 15-year-old Barbara Nantais lying on the sand. Nantais had been strangled and beaten to death, and one of her breasts had been severed.

February 15, 2013 Updated Feb 15, 2013 at 1:17 PM PDT

The unsolved brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl who was beaten and strangled on a California beach almost 35 years ago is set to be re-investigated.

Cops are ordering new DNA tests to re-analyse the 1978 death of Barbara Nantais, who was attacked and killed while camping on the beach with her 17-year-old boyfriend, Jim Alt.

The couple were knocked unconscious with a rock and log on Aug. 13 as they slept in their sleeping bags.

Nantais' naked corpse — with one of her nipples sliced open and sand stuffed in her mouth — was found dumped near a lifeguard tower at Torrey Pines State Beach, San Diego.

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