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Janet Ann Taylor, a 21-year-old Caucasian woman, tragically lost her life on March 28, 1974, in a case that remained unsolved for decades. Janet, the youngest daughter of Chuck Taylor, a legendary football coach at Stanford University, was a sophomore at Cañada College at the time of her death. Her body was discovered in a ditch near Stanford University on March 24, 1974, after she had been beaten and strangled. Janet had been hitchhiking home after visiting a friend, a common practice in the 1 ...Read More

Victim Details

Janet Ann Taylor

Female

White / Caucasian

Stanford

CA

1974-03

21

Janet

Ann Taylor

06/12/2026