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A woman's body is found in a culvert in Sherman Lake Maine
In the late summer of 1975, the quiet town of Newcastle, Maine, became the scene of a mystery that would endure for decades. On the morning of August 16th, a father and son heading to a fishing spot at Sherman Lake made a grim discovery. In a culvert near the water, they found the body of a young Caucasian woman, later identified as 19-year-old Florence E. Lauze of Brockton, Massachusetts. The cause of her death was determined to be strangulation, a violent end to a life that was just beginning. ...Read More
In the late summer of 1975, the quiet town of Newcastle, Maine, became the scene of a mystery that would endure for decades. On the morning of August 16th, a father and son heading to a fishing spot at Sherman Lake made a grim discovery. In a culvert near the water, they found the body of a young Caucasian woman, later identified as 19-year-old Florence E. Lauze of Brockton, Massachusetts. The cause of her death was determined to be strangulation, a violent end to a life that was just beginning. ...Read More
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Florence E. Lauze
July 6, 2022
Female
White / Caucasian
Newcastle
ME
1975-08-16
1975-08-16
19
Florence E.
Lauze
11/05/2025
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