Michigan investigators has informed on Thursday that a man suspected of killing his male and female lovers in 1983, has been suspected to be living as a woman in Los Angeles.

John Kelly Gentry Jr. has not been heard from since May 1983, when he sent postcards from Southern California to a friend and his father, Monroe County Sheriff's Det. Jeff Smith told reporters.

Gentry, who would be 63 years old, was the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, 25 years old Barbara Gerber. She was found stabbed to death at her Summerfield Township, Michigan, on April 12, 1983. Her car was stolen and later recovered in Toledo, Ohio.

Six days after Gerber was found dead, investigators discovered the body of William Veith, 52 years old, in the basement of his rare coin shop in Toledo. Veith's car was also stolen and later found in South Bend, Ind.

Investigators had believe that Gentry lived a double life, splitting time between Gerber's and Keith's homes, before killing them, when both of them learned about each other.

On Thursday, Smith said that investigators had received information suggesting Gentry had adopted his middle name, Kelly, as an alias and had frequented West Hollywood, a noted LGBT neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Smith, who added that the information was not a surprise to Gentry's family, said  "The U.S. Marshals Service received information in the last five years that Gentry was possibly living in California as a woman, that dresses as a woman,".

However, Smith said that the authorities did not know his current whereabouts. The detective also said that Gentry may be dead because his fingerprints, which are in the FBI's database due to a prior criminal record, have not been flagged anywhere else.

Smith stated "If he's alive he's obviously living somewhat of a law-abiding life. Because otherwise the prints should come back a match."

By Prakriti Neogi