They Called Her Georgia Lee…

In August of 1997, 12-year-old Georgia Leah Moses went missing in Santa Rosa, California. Nine days later, her body was discovered along the 101 Freeway in Petaluma, about 20 miles south of her last known whereabouts.

In spite of many leads and an eye witness description of the last person she was seen with, no one has been arrested or charged in her abduction, rape, and murder.

After 24 years with no movement in the case, Angel (Georgia’s younger sister) has taken the investigation into her own hands. Since the case is still technically active, resources were limited and information was scarce.

So, in 2020, she started from scratch. Retracing every step and every avenue she could think of to gather information on her own. She began reaching out to friends, family, law enforcement, and the residents of Sonoma County to try and piece together the full picture of Georgia’s tragic death.

In October of 2020 I joined Angel in her hunt for justice, hoping that my history in Sonoma County and my father’s connection to the Sheriff’s department might help us get some footing with those who have been holding on to her case all this time. But honestly, it was a long shot to begin with, because if next of kin can’t get a straight answer, then how would I?

Although there are many hurdles facing us, we did get some answers and from some pretty unexpected places. However, with every question we checked off our list, more questions arose.

As the months pass and we dig deeper into what was really going on with Georgia in the last year of her life, a story filled with twists, turns and shocking revelations continues to unfold.

Original Artwork by Emma Kapiolani Hughes
Cover Art by Jaime Perdomo