Blanche Delores Palacino

Blanche Delores Palacino, a 42-year-old woman, was tragically killed in a violent crime that unfolded in Coral Gables, Florida, on July 20, 1970. She was one of two female victims in a harrowing kidnapping and robbery incident that also left a male hostage critically wounded. The crime began when a gunman, described as a bespectacled Latin man approximately 40 years old, 5-foot-11, and 200 pounds, took hostages during a robbery at a Western Union office. Palacino, who was the day manager of the ...