A man is found dead off the Mount Rose Highway in Reno On December 1, 1979, the body of 26-year-old Michael Whitten was discovered in a secluded area off Mount Rose Highway, just south of Reno, Nevada. Whitten, who was described as a transient, was found in a location that added a layer of complexity to the ensuing investigation. The discovery was made in an area approximately 400 yards from where another homicide victim had been found two years earlier, a fact that investigators noted.
The case of Michael Whitten, a male, is being handled as
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