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On the frigid night of December 22, 1971, White/Caucasian female, Celia “Beth” Van Zanten, age 18, left her family’s home on Knik Avenue in Anchorage to walk a short distance to a nearby BI-LO supermarket and never arrived. Two days later her brothers reported her missing. On Christmas Day, December 25, hikers at McHugh Creek in Chugach State Park discovered a young woman’s body in subzero temperatures; troopers identified her as the missing 18-year-old. Her wrists were bound behind her ...Read More
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Beth Van Zanten
Female
White / Caucasian
Anchorage
AK
1971-12-22
18
Beth
Van Zanten
11/21/2025







