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Karen Twiggs

Case from Sacramento, CA dated Apr 24, 1980

Victim Details

Karen Twiggs

Female

White / Caucasian

Sacramento

CA

1980-04-24

17

Karen

Twiggs

07/12/2026

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Karen Lynn Chipman Twiggs, a 17-year-old Caucasian female, was tragically murdered on April 24, 1980. She and her friend, Stacey Ann Redican, also 17, were kidnapped from a shopping mall near Sacramento, California. Their bodies were later discovered in shallow graves in Limerick Canyon, Nevada. The autopsy revealed that both victims suffered violent deaths caused by multiple blows to the head with a hammer or a similar blunt object.

The perpetrators of this heinous crime were Gerald Armo ...
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  • Gallego v. State :: 1985 :: Supreme Court of Nevada Decisions
  • Gerald and Charlene Gallego - Wikipedia
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