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Sandra Colley

Case from Reno, NV dated Jun 24, 1979

Victim Details

Sandra Colley

Female

White / Caucasian

Reno

NV

1979-06-24

13

Sandra

Colley

07/16/2026

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On June 24, 1979, 13-year-old white female Sandra Kaye Colley and 14-year-old white female Brenda Lynne Judd were abducted from the Washoe County Fair in Reno, Nevada. Charlene Gallego lured the girls into a van under the pretense of offering them jobs distributing flyers. Once inside, Gerald Gallego held them at gunpoint, bound their hands and feet, and sexually assaulted them while Charlene drove. They were taken to a remote area known as Humboldt Sink, where Gerald bludgeoned them to death wi ...
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