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Heather Roxanne Scaggs

Case from Boulder-creek, CA dated May 02, 1981

Victim Details

Heather Roxanne Scaggs

Female

White / Caucasian

Boulder-creek

CA

1981-05-02

20

Heather

Roxanne Scaggs

06/23/2026

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Heather Roxanne Scaggs, a 20-year-old woman from Boulder Creek, California, tragically lost her life on May 2, 1981. Heather was last seen alive while waiting to meet David Carpenter, an ex-convict who worked with her at a printing trade school in Hayward, California. She had planned to travel with Carpenter to Santa Cruz to examine a car she was considering purchasing. Unfortunately, Heather never returned from this trip, and her body was discovered by hikers in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Bi ...
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  • StrangeOutdoors.com: Barbara Schwartz murder — True Crime in the Outdoors — StrangeOutdoors.com
  • David Carpenter - Wikipedia
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