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Donna Gentile, a 22-year-old white female from East County, California, was found murdered on June 23, 1985, her body discovered by a man walking his dog along a remote turnout off Sunrise Highway, north of Interstate 8. The young woman had been brutally killed—her nude body was left in the brush, with her undergarments and dress cut off and placed on top of her. Investigators noted that brush had been used to obscure any footprints or tire marks, a technique known as a "brush out." The cause ...
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  • New book details evidence in unsolved 1985 murder of Donna Gentile
  • “From Witness to Victim: the Story of Donna Gentile” by Anita ...
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