A man who killed a woman who was found beaten and strangled on a Scripps Ranch hillside more than 35 years ago was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison.
Randall Oyler, 65, was found guilty by a downtown San Diego jury of first-degree murder for killing 47-year-old Margaret Orozco Jackson, whose body was discovered on July 11, 1990, off Scripps Ranch Boulevard, where Scripps Ranch High School would later be built.
Deputy District Attorney Chris Lindberg told jurors that a woman walking to work on July 11 spotted a length of rope on the sidewalk, which led down the hill to Jackson’s body. The rope was wrapped twice around the victim’s neck, the prosecutor said…