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Great Basin Murders

Year
1983
Where
Wyoming
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

The Great Basin Murders is the name given to a series of murders of at least nine women committed between 1983 and 1997 across the states of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. It is named after the Great Basin geographical area since most of the victims had their bodies dumped near interstate highways that traverse through it. Most victims were teenage or adult females who were sexually assaulted then murdered –…

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