▁the ▁year ▁prior ▁to ▁her ▁murder . ▁ ▁Link ▁to ▁other ▁mur ders ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁investig ators ▁spec ulated ▁to ▁a ▁potential ▁connection ▁between ▁this ▁de ced ent ▁and ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁a ▁ 2 7 - year - old ▁woman ▁two ▁months ▁earlier , ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁although ▁police ▁never ▁officially ▁linked ▁these ▁two ▁mur ders . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁investig ators ▁tent atively ▁linked ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁Buck sk in ▁Girl ▁to ▁a ▁nation wide ▁series ▁of ▁mur ders ▁of ▁c au cas ian ▁women — se ver al ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁sex ▁workers ▁or ▁er otic ▁d anc ers — known ▁as ▁the ▁Red head ▁Mur ders . ▁However , ▁this ▁theory ▁was ▁eventually ▁dis pro ven . ▁ ▁Some ▁investig ators ▁also ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Buck sk in ▁Girl ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁numerous ▁young ▁women ▁murder ed ▁by ▁a ▁sus pected ▁un ident ified ▁serial ▁k iller ▁who ▁perpet r ated ▁his ▁known ▁mur ders ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 — many ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁of ▁known ▁or ▁sus pected ▁prost it utes . ▁This ▁serial ▁k iller ▁was ▁sus pected ▁to ▁have ▁murder ed ▁between ▁seven ▁and ▁ten ▁other ▁young ▁women . ▁All ▁the ▁vict ims ▁of ▁this ▁sus pected ▁serial ▁k iller ▁had ▁been ▁murder ed ▁via ▁bl ud geon ing ▁or ▁str ang ulation , ▁and ▁items ▁of ▁cl othing ▁or ▁j ew el