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April Buttram

Case from Snoqualmie, WA dated Aug 18, 1983

Victim Details

April Buttram

Female

White / Caucasian

Snoqualmie

WA

1983-08-18

16

April

Buttram

06/30/2026

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In the late summer of 1983, a 17-year-old White female named April Dawn Buttram vanished from the Seattle area, leaving her family suspended in a heart-wrenching state of uncertainty for two long decades. April had journeyed from her parents' home in Spokane in May of that year with plans to live with her sister in Seattle. However, shortly after her arrival, she left her sister's residence and was not heard from by her family again. The last confirmed sighting of April was in August 1983 at a b ...
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    Has anyone else looked into the similarities between April Dawn Buttram and Keli McGinness? I find i... ...Read More
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