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Lucinda "Cindy" Schaefer, a 16-year-old girl from Torrance, California, was last seen on June 24, 1979, as she walked home from a Christian youth meeting at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. She never made it to her grandmother's house, where she had been staying. Her family and friends searched for her, but only one of her shoes was found on the roadside. Despite a thorough investigation, Lucinda was never heard from again.

Later in 1979, notorious serial killers Lawrence Bittaker an ...Read More
Last Seen: Jun 24, 1979
Victim Details

Jan 06, 2010

Jun 09, 2023

Lucinda

Schaefer

62

16

64 inches

115 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jun 24, 1979

Redondo Beach

California

Los Angeles County

138

26228

California Department of Justice

Confidential

California

Sacramento County

95814

Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit, California

9162103119

State

Law Enforcement

12512-79

California Department of Justice

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

No

12/01/2025


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