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Anna Marie Hlavka

Case from Portland, OR dated Jun 24, 1979

Victim Details

Anna Marie Hlavka

Female

White / Caucasian

Portland

OR

1979-06-24

20

Anna

Marie Hlavka

06/30/2026

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In the summer of 1979, twenty-year-old Anna Marie Hlavka was settling into her life in Portland, Oregon. She shared an apartment with her sister, Rose Ann, and worked at a nearby McDonald's. On the evening of July 24th, Rose Ann returned to their modest brick apartment building around 10 p.m. after her shift, expecting to find Anna. She called out her sister's name but was met with silence. Tragically, Rose Ann soon discovered her sister's body in the bedroom. Anna had been sexually assaulted an ...
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