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Nevada City Jane Doe

Year
1984
Where
Nevada
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

Nevada City Jane Doe is an unidentified murder victim whose body was found on July 8, 1984. Her body was found off an embankment on Independence Trail in Nevada City, California.

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