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Kari Lynn Lenander, a 15-year-old white female from Brentwood, Los Angeles, was found murdered on July 26, 1980. Her body was discovered at approximately 4:30 a.m. in a street gutter in South Los Angeles. She had been strangled, and investigators at the time suspected a possible sexual assault. The case shocked her community and has remained unsolved for decades.

On the night of her death, Kari Lynn Lenander and her best friend, also a 15-year-old student at Palisades High School, had bee ...Read More
Victim Details

Kari Lynn Lenander

Female

White / Caucasian

Los Angeles

CA

1980-07-26

15

Kari

Lynn Lenander

12/07/2025