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Lori Lee Kursa

Case from Santa Rosa, CA dated Nov 11, 1972

Victim Details

Lori Lee Kursa

Female

White / Caucasian

Santa Rosa

CA

1972-11-11

13

Lori

Lee Kursa

07/17/2026

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Lori Lee Kursa, a 13-year-old girl, was last seen alive on November 20, 1972, in Santa Rosa, California. She was reported to have been a habitual runaway. Her body was discovered on December 14, 1972, approximately 20 to 30 feet down a steep embankment along Calistoga Road, less than a tenth of a mile from the intersection with Harville Road. The cause of death was determined to be a dislocation of the first and second cervical vertebrae, leading to compression and hemorrhage of the spinal cord ...
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