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Sandra Botelho

Case from New Bedford, MA dated Dec 08, 1988

Victim Details

Sandra Botelho

Female

White / Caucasian

New Bedford

MA

1988-12-08

24

Sandra

Botelho

07/15/2026

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In the late summer of 1988, a shadow fell over the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, as a string of women began to disappear, their fates unknown. Among them was Sandra Botelho, a 24-year-old Caucasian woman, who vanished into the night on August 11, 1988. She was last seen leaving her apartment, stepping out into a world that held a hidden danger. Her disappearance marked the beginning of a long and agonizing wait for her family, a period of uncertainty that stretched for months as the commun ...
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