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Martha Bess Young

Case from Riverside County, CA dated May 02, 1987

Victim Details

Martha Bess Young

Female

Riverside County

CA

1987-05-02

27

Martha

Bess Young

07/11/2026

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Martha Bess Young, a 27-year-old white woman originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was found dead on May 2, 1987, in a ravine near Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California. Her body was discovered fully nude and positioned in a spread-eagle manner, a disturbing hallmark that would later be associated with a series of murders in the region. According to the county coroner, she had been deceased for approximately three weeks before her body was found. The autopsy revealed that she died from ...
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