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Shawnda Summers

Case from Seattle, WA dated Oct 09, 1982

Victim Details

Shawnda Summers

Female

Black / African American

Seattle

WA

1982-10-09

16

Shawnda

Summers

07/12/2026

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Shawnda Leea Summers, a 17-year-old Black female, was last seen in Seattle, Washington, near Yesler Way on October 9, 1982. For nearly a year, her whereabouts remained unknown, a period of agonizing uncertainty for her loved ones. The grim discovery of her remains came on August 11, 1983, at the base of an apple tree in a vacant lot near South 146th Street and 22nd Avenue South, just north of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Her case became intertwined with a string of disappeara ...
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  • Shawnda Summers | Victims of Serial Killers Wiki | Fandom
  • DNA cold case: Missing 14-year-old girl identified as victim of ... - WPXI
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