DALY CITY — Police are looking into whether the 24-year-old cold-case slaying of a woman whose identity remains a mystery could have been committed by suspected serial killer Joseph Naso.

After news of Naso’s arrest spread in April, Daly City police Detective Gregg Oglesby noticed similarities between the unsolved killing of a woman found along a roadside and the alleged victims of Naso. The Jane Doe appears to have been strangled, had drugs in her blood and may have been living on the street in an era when police believe Naso, 77, was on the hunt.

Police say the four known victims were prostitutes who had been strangled in the 1970s and 1990s. The four women — Roxene Roggasch, Pamela Parsons, Carmen Colon and Tracy Tafoya — were found dumped in rural areas around Northern California. His arrest set police in many Bay Area agencies digging through unsolved killings in search of a link. So far none has led to additional criminal charges.

Oglesby said in the coming months he will send all the physical evidence from Jane Doe’s 1987 killing to the San Mateo County crime lab for testing. If DNA not belonging to the victim is found, the detective will use that evidence to get a subpoena for Naso’s DNA.

Jane Doe, who appeared to be 25 to 30 years old, was discovered Jan. 11, 1987, by two men crossing San Bruno Avenue near Vale Street in Daly City.