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Mary Pauquette, a 72-year-old African-American woman, was brutally murdered on September 11, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. She was one of several elderly women targeted in a series of violent crimes that terrorized the East Hollywood-Silverlake area during the early 1980s. Pauquette lived alone, a factor that made her particularly vulnerable to the predator who would later be identified as Brandon Tholmer. Her death was marked by extreme violence—she was beaten, stabbed, strangled, and sex ...Read More
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Mary Pauquette
Female
Black / African American
Los Angeles
CA
1983-09
72
Mary
Pauquette
11/14/2025
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Has anyone looked into how Mary Pauquette's murder impacted the local community in East Hollywood? I... ...Read More
02/14/2025
02/14/2025
I’ve been diving into the evidence collection process in the Mary Pauquette case, and it's a stark... ...Read More
11/28/2024
11/28/2024
