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Anne Catherine Swanke

Case from San Diego, CA dated Nov 19, 1984

Victim Details

Anne Catherine Swanke

Female

White / Caucasian

San Diego

CA

1984-11-19

22

Anne

Catherine Swanke

07/20/2026

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Anne Catherine Swanke, a 22-year-old female student at the University of San Diego, disappeared after her car ran out of gas at a La Mesa intersection in November 1984. Her body was discovered four days later on November 24, 1984, in a remote area of Spring Valley. She was found with her throat slashed, marking her as one of the victims in what would become known as the Throat-Slash Murders.

David Allen Lucas, born in 1956 in the Philippines, was arrested in December 1984 for Swanke's mur ...
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