On this day, Oct. 5, in 1989, Wendy Tarr, the best friend of Heidi Fleiss, succumbed to a murderous attack. Fleiss’ appeal to the television show “Americas Most Wanted” led to Tarr’s killer. This all happened before Fleiss became infamously known as the “Hollywood Madam.”

Tarr had moved to Los Angeles from Illinois to become a model or actress and got a job working as a leasing agent.

On Oct. 2, a gunman tried to rape Tarr at the rental office and shot her in the face. At the hospital, Fleiss stayed by Tarr’s side for three days before the teenager died.