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Edward Fred Meyer

Case from Twin Falls, ID dated Sep 07, 1920

Victim Details

Edward Meyer

Male

White / Caucasian

Twin Falls

ID

1920-09-07

35

Edward

Fred Meyer

07/07/2026

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In August of 1920, Edward Meyer, a 35-year-old White male and ranch foreman from Twin Falls, Idaho, married a woman named Anna May McHaffie in Pocatello. Little did he know, this union would lead to his untimely death just over a month later. Shortly after their wedding, Meyer fell mysteriously ill and passed away on September 7, 1920. An initial autopsy pointed to typhoid fever as the cause of death.

His new wife, whose real name was Lyda Southard, had a dark and extensive history of mar ...
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