Family still seeking answers in 1979 cold case murder at Torrey Pines State Beach

Family still seeking answers in 1979 cold case murder at Torrey Pines State Beach

The family of a North County teenager whose body was found beaten to death in Del Mar has been waiting more than four decades for answers. “I believe somebody knows what happened,” said Terri Ashley-MacQuarrie, 46 years after her brother’s bloody body was found near the shore at Torrey Pines State Beach. Adam Ashley had been beaten to death, according to the Medical Examiner’s report, but the killer or killers have never been identified, much le…

The family of a teenager in the north of the county, whose body was found beaten to death in Del Mar, has been waiting for answers for more than four decades. “I think someone knows what happened,” said Terri Ashley-MacQuarrie, 46 years after her brother’s bloody body was found near the shore at Torrey Pines State Beach. According to the forensic doctor’s report, Adam Ashley was beaten to death, but the killer or murderers have never been identi…