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Maurice Taylor

Case from Atlanta, IN dated Jul 21, 1982

Victim Details

Maurice Taylor

Male

White / Caucasian

Atlanta

IN

1982-07-21

22

Maurice

Taylor

07/12/2026

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In the summer of 1982, the body of 22-year-old Maurice Allen Taylor, a white male, was discovered in Weasel Creek in a rural area of Hamilton County, just outside of Atlanta, Indiana. The young man's death, which occurred around July 21, 1982, was not immediately ruled a homicide, though strangulation was suspected by the coroner. For eight months, his identity remained a mystery, as his mother, who was institutionalized at the time, was unable to file a missing person's report.

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