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Elizabeth M Sullivan

Case from San Diego, CA dated Oct 04, 2016

Victim Details

Elizabeth M Sullivan

March 28, 2022

Female

African-American / Black

San Diego

CA

2016-10-04

33

Elizabeth M

Sullivan

Yes

07/08/2026


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Elizabeth Sullivan, a 32-year-old mother of two, was killed by her husband, Matthew Sullivan, who was a former Navy serviceman. Elizabeth was last seen alive on October 13, 2014, in San Diego. Nearly two years later, on October 4, 2016, her decomposed body was found floating in the San Diego Bay. An autopsy revealed she had been beaten and stabbed to death, and evidence later showed she had been kept in a freezer for two years before being dumped into the bay.

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