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Sophia Glover

Case from San Diego, CA dated Aug 15, 1986

Victim Details

Sophia Glover

Female

Black / African American

San Diego

CA

1986-08-15

37

Sophia

Glover

07/20/2026

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On August 15, 1986, Sophia Glover—a 37-year-old African-American female—was discovered dead in the Normal Heights neighborhood of San Diego. Her nude body, wrapped in a blanket and left alongside a residential alley, bore severe blunt-force injuries to the head, neck, and chest, and ligature marks consistent with manual strangulation. Toxicology later showed the 37-year-old African-American woman had ingested crack cocaine, and forensic examination found evidence of sodomy; her neatly folded ...
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