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Pelican Point Murders

Year
1895
Where
Utah
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

The Pelican Point murders refer to the 1895 killings of three cousins and ranch hands: Albert Enstrom (age 24), Andrew Johnson (22), and Alfred Nelson (15). Their bodies were discovered in Utah Lake near Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah, following an extensive disappearance. Despite a high-profile trial and a subsequent gubernatorial pardon, the case remains one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in Utah's…

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