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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 ...Read More
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Lori Lee Kursa
Female
White / Caucasian
Santa Rosa
CA
1972-11-11
13
Lori
Lee Kursa
11/22/2025






