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George Hatton

Case from Rapid City, SD dated Jul 21, 1999

Victim Details

George Hatton

Male

Native American / American Indian

Rapid City

SD

1999

56

George

Hatton

06/28/2026

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In the period between 1998 and the close of 2000, a series of grim discoveries unfolded in Rapid City, South Dakota, leaving a community on edge and numerous families without answers. Among the victims was George Hatton, a 56-year-old Native American man, whose death remains one of several unsolved cases from that time. His body, along with those of ten other men, the majority of whom were also Native American, was found in or near the chilly waters of Rapid Creek.

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