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Sylvia Ann Torgerson

Case from Austin, Austin dated Jun 30, 1973

Victim Details

Sylvia Ann Torgerson

White / Caucasian

Austin

Austin

1973-06-30

3

Sylvia

Ann Torgerson

06/25/2026

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On June 30, 1973, Sylvia Ann Torgerson, a 3-year-old white female from Austin, Minnesota, was tragically murdered in what would later be revealed as part of a mass killing carried out by her father, David James Torgerson. Sylvia was one of several victims in a horrific incident that unfolded in Rochester, Minnesota, where multiple members of the Torgerson family and a live-in babysitter were found dead. The method of killing was strangulation, and the deaths occurred on the same day.

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