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Damaris Synge Gillispie

Case from Boston, MA dated Nov 29, 1972

Victim Details

Synge Gillespie

Female

White / Caucasian

Boston

MA

1972-11-29

22

Damaris

Synge Gillispie

07/26/2026

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In the waning days of November 1972, a chill settled over Boston, a cold that had little to do with the approaching winter. Damaris Synge Gillispie, a 22-year-old White/Caucasian female, was a senior honors student at Boston University, poised on the brink of a future in art therapy. On the evening of November 29th, she left her Cambridge apartment, intending to hitchhike to her job as a cocktail waitress at The Jazz Workshop, a common practice for her. It was the last time she was seen alive. H ...
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  • The Victims of the Hitch-Hike Murderer (Massachusetts)
  • POLICE IN BOSTON SEEK MISSING COED - The New York Times
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