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Eric Herbert Church

Case from Seal Beach, CA dated Jan 27, 1983

Victim Details

Eric Herbert Church

Male

White / Caucasian

Seal Beach

CA

1983-01-27

21

Eric

Herbert Church

07/19/2026

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Eric Herbert Church, a 21-year-old white male from Coventry, Connecticut, was found dead on January 26, 1983, near a freeway ramp in Seal Beach, California. His body had been dumped beside the Garden Grove Freeway, and the circumstances surrounding his death quickly drew the attention of law enforcement due to its similarities with other unsolved murders of young men in Southern California. Church had been hitchhiking from Orange County to Sacramento prior to his death, a detail that would later ...
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  • Eric Herbert Church (1961-1983) - Find a Grave Memorial
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