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Cheryl Burnett

Death by Force

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On June 6, 1965, Cheryl Mae Burnett, a 19-year-old white female from El Cajon, California, was found murdered in her apartment. The crime scene was deeply disturbing: Cheryl had been raped and strangled with a curtain cord while her 2-year-old son slept in the next room. Her face was covered with women’s underwear that did not belong to her, and her body was surrounded by lit candles. In a grotesque act of degradation, one of the candles had been inserted into her body. The killer had also rum ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Cheryl Burnett

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    El Cajon

    CA

    1965-06-06

    19

    Cheryl

    Burnett

    11/14/2025

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