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Gregg N. Lindamood

Case from Cayucos, CA dated Dec 07, 1987

Victim Details

Gregg N. Lindamood

Male

White / Caucasian

Cayucos

CA

1987-12-07

43

Gregg

N. Lindamood

06/25/2026

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Gregg N. Lindamood, aged 43, tragically lost his life on December 7, 1987, in Cayucos, California, as a result of the hijacking and subsequent crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771. Lindamood was the captain of the ill-fated flight, which was en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The incident was a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by David Burke, a disgruntled former employee of USAir, the parent company of Pacific Southwest Airlines. Burke had been terminated from his position f ...
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