Priscilla Lewis
Candle lighting service and prayer to be held Saturday night
By Jimmy Lee, Director of Public Affairs, Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
Priscilla Ann Lewis was murdered on September 24, 1996, in Crockett. The 21-year-old, who lived in Vallejo, worked as a waitress at Four Corners Pizza located at 628 2nd Avenue in Crockett. The cook at the restaurant called 9-1-1 shortly before 10:30 pm after finding Priscilla’s body in the basement bathroom. The cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation.
The men’s and women’s bathrooms were located in the basement of the Valona Square Mall that consisted of four businesses at that time.
Detectives interviewed dozens of people during this investigation and examined numerous pieces of evidence. The case remains unsolved.
A candle-lighting service and prayer in her memory will be held Saturday, September 21, 2019, 5 PM—9 PM, at 628 2nd Avenue in Crockett.
The case remains open. Anyone with information regarding Priscilla’s murder is encouraged to contact the Office of the Sheriff Homicide Unit at 925-313-2630. For any tips, please email: tips@so.cccounty.us or call 866-846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
Contra Costa County Sherriff’ Office knows who killed Priscilla. They have found a match to the DNA found on her body; that of the man who murdered her. Her killer is already in jail for other Charges, most of them sexual in nature. It is up to the DA to bring bout the prosecution of her killer.
I am an aunt of Pricilla and I believe that there is enough to charge and convict her killer; but the DA may not want to spend the money on a very costly prosecution.
It is my belief that the people should be told that there is viable DNA who point to who killed her so that they can bring pressure upon the DA’s office to get this man charged and prosecuted.
This isn’t a COLD CASE! The killer is known. He is a local man who has been arrested and charged in other crimes against women. He tried to pull over a woman on her way to work; using a red light only unknown to him was that her husband was asleep in the car and called 911; he was convicted for this crime.,