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Michelle Becker

Case from Grand Rapids, MI dated Aug 09, 1996

Victim Details

Michelle Becker

June 29, 2023

Female

White / Caucasian

Grand Rapids

MI

1996-08-09

1996-04-27

1996-04-27

36

Michelle Becker

Michelle

Becker

Victim

07/07/2026


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A young woman is found dead less then five months after she is last seen.
In the spring of 1996, a 36-year-old woman named Michelle Becker vanished from the streets of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was last seen on April 27, 1996, in an area of the city known for sex work, a life she had reportedly turned to in order to support a drug habit. Her life had seen its share of difficulties, including a tumultuous marriage that ended with her husband's death from a heart attack.

Months went by with no word of Michelle's whereabouts. Then, on a summer day, August 9, 199 ...
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