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An 11 year old girl's remains are found in the yards of a steel company
Denise Cochrane, an 11-year-old girl from Brockton, Massachusetts, went missing on May 23, 1975, after leaving her home on Essex Street to walk to Huntington Elementary School. She was the youngest of four siblings and was a sixth-grade student at the time of her disappearance. Her tragic story remained unresolved for almost a year until April 28, 1976, when her remains were discovered at the Brockton Iron and Steel Company. Her body was found inside a transformer casing, believed to have been m ...Read More
Denise Cochrane, an 11-year-old girl from Brockton, Massachusetts, went missing on May 23, 1975, after leaving her home on Essex Street to walk to Huntington Elementary School. She was the youngest of four siblings and was a sixth-grade student at the time of her disappearance. Her tragic story remained unresolved for almost a year until April 28, 1976, when her remains were discovered at the Brockton Iron and Steel Company. Her body was found inside a transformer casing, believed to have been m ...Read More
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Denise Cochrane
September 20, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Brockton
MA
1976-04-28
1975-05-23
1976-04-28
1963-07-31
11
Denise
Cochrane
11/08/2025
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03/25/2024
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03/25/2024
I came across the Denise Cochrane case recently, and it really got me thinking about how different t... ...Read More
12/17/2023
12/17/2023
I was reading about the unsolved case of Denise Cochrane, and my heart goes out to her family and fr... ...Read More
07/20/2023
07/20/2023
