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On a grim autumn day, November 8, 1988, the remains of 35-year-old Debra Greenlaw DeMello, a White female, were discovered by a highway cleanup crew in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Her nude body was found off the Reed Road on-ramp to Interstate 195 eastbound. DeMello's clothing was found scattered in the branches of nearby trees, a haunting detail in a case that would become part of a larger, terrifying mystery. At the time of her death, Debra was a mother to three children.
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On a grim autumn day, November 8, 1988, the remains of 35-year-old Debra Greenlaw DeMello, a White female, were discovered by a highway cleanup crew in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Her nude body was found off the Reed Road on-ramp to Interstate 195 eastbound. DeMello's clothing was found scattered in the branches of nearby trees, a haunting detail in a case that would become part of a larger, terrifying mystery. At the time of her death, Debra was a mother to three children.
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Debra Greenlaw DeMello
November 27, 2022
Female
White / Caucasian
Dartmouth
MA
1988-11-08
1988-06-18
1988-11-08
1953-08-16
35
Debra
Greenlaw DeMello
Person of Interest / Suspect
11/08/2025
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