| Murder of Suzanne Bombardier | |
|---|---|
 Suzanne Bombardier | |
| Location | Antioch, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°00′00″N 121°50′56″W / 38.000079°N 121.848873°W |
| Date | June 22, 1980 (Pacific Time Zone) |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Victim | Suzanne Bombardier |
| Perpetrator | Mitchell Lynn Bacom |
| Charges | Kidnapping, sodomy, oral copulation, rape, murder, murder with use of a deadly weapon |
Suzanne Arlene "Suzie" Bombardier (March 14, 1966 – June 22, 1980)[1] was an American teenager who was kidnapped, raped, and stabbed to death on June 22, 1980. On June 27, her body was found by a fisherman, floating in the San Joaquin River east of Antioch, California near its bridge, 60 miles (97 km) east of San Francisco. On December 11, 2017, after extensive DNA profiling, 63-year-old Mitchell Lynn Bacom, a convicted sex offender, was arrested as the prime suspect. He was charged with and convicted of kidnapping, rape, oral copulation, murder, and murder with use of a deadly weapon.[2] This was Antioch's oldest cold case murder. At the time of Bombardier's homicide, Bacom was known to her family.
Bombardier was raped, stabbed in the chest, and her heart was punctured. She was kidnapped from her sister's townhome in Antioch while she was babysitting her nieces. Her sister, Stephanie Mullen, arrived home at 4:00 a.m. to find Bombardier missing.[3] Bombardier's father, Ted, said that she must have known her killer as there was no forced entry.
- ^ Gartrell, Nate and Sciacca, Annie (September 11, 2019). "Antioch man charged with Suzanne Bombardier's 1980 rape, murder to be tried". The Mercury News. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Swan, Rachel; Ma, Annie (December 11, 2017). "Arrest in notorious 1980 slaying of Antioch teen Suzanne Bombardier". SFGate. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ Gartrell, Nate; Davis, Aaron; and Coetsee, Rowena (December 12, 2017). "Antioch police make arrest in 37-year-old kidnapping, homicide case". East Bay Times. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.