Was the Barton Creek Rapist also a murderer?

Lyla Reese
8 min readApr 14, 2022

The unsolved murder of Sally Tullos in a decade of rising sexual assaults.

Sally Tullos (L) and Police Sketch (R) | Credit: Austin American-Statesman (7)

The 1970s ushered in a new era of crime for Austin, Texas, as it shifted from a small town to a big city. Faceless crimes and an ill-equipped police force left many cases in a perpetual state of limbo, including the murder of Sally Tullos.

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