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Michael Raymond Adshade was a 19-year-old male living in Arizona in 1973 when his path crossed, fatally, with two men who were drifting through the Southwest looking for drugs, money, and excitement: Douglas Edward Gretzler and Willie Luther Steelman. In Phoenix, Adshade was part of a loose circle of young adults that included his friend Kenneth Francis Unrein, whose trailer became a stopping point for visitors passing through town, among them Gretzler and Steelman. Through Adshade and Unrein, t ...Read More
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Michael Adshade
Male
Mesa
AZ
1973-10-18
19
Michael
Adshade
11/25/2025
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I've been thinking a lot about the bravery it must take for families to sit through trials where the... ...Read More
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I was just revisiting some of the details about the devastating events surrounding Michael Adshade's... ...Read More
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