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Opal Mills

Case from Seattle, WA dated Aug 12, 1982

Victim Details

Opal Mills

Female

Black / African American

Seattle

WA

1982-08-12

16

Opal

Mills

07/07/2026

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Opal Charmaine Mills was a 16-year-old Black female with aspirations of becoming a model. A daughter of a white mother and a Black father, she was remembered by her family as a loving and outspoken girl who was honored in her church for reading the bible cover to cover. On August 12, 1982, she made a phone call to her older brother, Garrett, asking for a ride. She told him she was at Angle Lake State Park and planned to do a painting job with her friend, Cynthia Hinds. Her brother, who had worke ...
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  • Opal Mills | Victims of Serial Killers Wiki | Fandom
  • River Of Death | TIME
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