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Rene Sailing

Case from Santa-cruz, CA dated Dec 06, 1980

Victim Details

Rene Sailing

Female

Santa-cruz

CA

1980-12-06

30

Rene

Sailing

07/27/2026

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Rene Sailing, a 30-year-old resident of Santa Cruz, California, tragically lost her life on December 6, 1980. Her death was a result of a brutal murder that shocked the local community. Rene was last seen alive leaving a bar in Watsonville, California, with Billy Mansfield Jr., a Florida resident who was living in Santa Cruz County at the time. The following morning, her partially clothed body was discovered near a county dump. She had been strangled with a black cord wound so tightly around her ...
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