Shari Miller

**Shari Miller** (June 23, 1963 – July 4, 1984) was a 21-year old woman who was murdered in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. Her murder is most notable because she was the victim of a serial killer.

## Events

### Life

Shari Beth Miller was born on June 23, 1963 in Los Angeles, California. She attended Culver City High School and was on the volleyball team in 1981.

### Summer of 1984

Shari was 21 years old when she was living in her car in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. In June 1984, Shari had been given a second-hand blouse with a snail print on it by an acquaintance. That month Shari had shown her mother a ring decorated with a carved head of an "Indian chief." At the time Shari wore her hair long.

On June 29, Shari telephoned her mother Marilyn from Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, telling her that while she'd been showering, she had received a bad cut requiring five stitches on her left arm just below the elbow. Shari, wearing a bandage on her arm, arrived at her mother's residence that night, remaining overnight.

At approximately 2:20 p.m. on June 30, Shari's mother overheard Shari on the telephone to someone she called "Bill". Shari told him she was sorry she had missed him the week before and asked whether the job was still available. Afterward, Shari told her mother she was going to pose for a photographer, modelling leather jackets and boots for In the Wind magazine. Shari's mother saw Shari leave the residence at approximately 3 p.m. on June 30.

The next afternoon on July 1, Shari met her friend Carolyn Bury and told her that she was looking forward to modelling leather outfits for a photographer who "had a lot of money", lived on a boat in the Marina, and owned a motorcycle. The photographer would provide the clothing, and Shari "made it very clear that there wouldn't be any nude shots."

That night, Shari wearing cut-off jeans and a sleeveless top, arrived at a residence where her friend Marcia Peltier was staying. Between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. the next morning, Shari and Marcia made lists of things they planned to do that day. Shari's list included the notation: "Bill Bradford, Meat Market, 6:00 p.m." Shari mentioned an upcoming modelling job.

At approximately 11 a.m., Kurt Androsky, a house painter who recently had become acquainted with Shari, arrived. Kurt, who did not have transportation that day and who knew Shari wanted a job, asked whether she would help him finish a house-painting job at a house in the San Fernando Valley. She accepted and, driving her car, left with Kurt to go to the job site.

During their drive, Kurt, a drug user, injected methamphetamine, and Shari tried to but was unsuccessful. Kurt and Shari arrived between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. and painted the building for six or seven hours, using yellow paint.

Kurt and Shari left the site at about 6:30 p.m. and drove to the Meat Market, a bar in West Los Angeles. Shari mentioned to Kurt that she had an offer to model for a photographer, using motorcycles as props, on the following day. After Shari made a telephone call, the photographer arrived at the bar. Shari introduced the man to Kurt and dropped Kurt off in Venice at about 9 p.m.

A bartender at the Meat Market, Schylee O'Hare, was acquainted with both Bill the photographer and Shari, a former employee at the bar. The next day on July 3 at about 12 p.m., Schylee saw Shari drive up to the bar and exit her vehicle. Shari asked Schylee for a dime so she could call Bill, who had arranged to take photographs of her. Schylee saw that Shari was wearing a tank top, jeans, and leather moccasins that laced up to the knee.

*To be continued.*

## News

*For news articles on Shari Miller, see here.*

## External links

### Court cases

* 1997: People v. Bradford • Supreme Court of California

### Records

* Miller family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Shari B Miller • California Birth Index (paywall)
* Shari Beth Miller • California Death Index (paywall)
* Shari Miller (1963-1984) • Find A Grave
* Shari Miller (1977) • School Yearbooks (paywall)
* Shari Miller (1979) • School Yearbooks (paywall)
* Shari Miller (1979) • School Yearbooks (paywall)
* Shari Miller (1979) • School Yearbooks (paywall)
* Shari Miller (1980) • School Yearbooks (paywall)
* Shari Miller (1981) • School Yearbooks (paywall)

### Other

* William Bradford (murderer) • Wikipedia
* William Richard Bradford • Murderpedia

## Other victims of William Bradford

* Donnalee Campbell Duhamel

* Tracey Campbell

## In popular media

### Podcasts

* Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad: William Bradford (1 Apr 2019)

## Photos of Shari

School yearbook photo in 1977School yearbook photo in 1979School yearbook photo in 1979School yearbook photo in 1979School yearbook photo in 1980School yearbook photo in 1981
## Sources

1. ↑ Shari Beth Miller • California Death Index (paywall)
2. ↑ Shari Miller (1981) • School Yearbooks (paywall)
3. ↑ 1997: People v. Bradford • Supreme Court of California