Philip Joseph Hughes Jr. (born 1947/1948) known as The East Bay Strangler, is an American convicted serial killer.

[4] On November 14, 1972, Maureen Field, 19, was waiting for her father to pick her up after ending her shift at Kmart, when Hughes offered her a ride.

[6][2] On March 19, 1975, Letitia Fagot, 25, was found nude in her Walnut Creek home after a welfare check was requested by her coworkers when she failed to show up for work.

The following day, Perrin agreed to meet a police sergeant at a restaurant and disclosed information linking Hughes to the murder of Lisa Beery.

She was granted immunity for her testimony, despite her participation, which included providing Hughes with a list of potential victims, kidnapping, and the disposing of Field's body.

[11] On August 12, 1983, the state Court of Appeal upheld the murder conviction of Hughes for the Contra Costa slayings.