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Brenda Judd

Case from Hallelujah Junction, CA dated Jun 24, 1979

Victim Details

Brenda Judd

Female

White / Caucasian

Hallelujah Junction

CA

1979-06-24

14

Brenda

Judd

07/01/2026

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Brenda Lynne Judd, a 14-year-old Caucasian girl, tragically lost her life on June 24, 1979, in Hallelujah Junction, Lassen County, California. Brenda and her friend, Sandra Kaye Colley, a 13-year-old Caucasian girl, were abducted from the Nevada State Fairgrounds in Reno on April 24, 1979. The two girls were lured by Charlene Gallego under the pretense of distributing advertising leaflets. Charlene led them to a van where Gerald Gallego, her husband, awaited. Gerald, armed with a gun, bound the ...
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