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Robert Ridley

Case from Sparks, NV dated Sep 18, 1978

Victim Details

Robert Ridley

July 22, 2022

Male

Native American / Indigenous

Sparks

NV

1978-09-18

1978-09-18

33

Robert

Ridley

06/30/2026


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A nude man's body is found next to a guard rail
On a late summer day, the 18th of September in 1978, the body of a 33-year-old Native American man, Robert Ridley, was discovered under grim circumstances. His nude remains were found abandoned near a guardrail lining the Pyramid Lake highway, in an area north of Sparks, Nevada. The discovery of Ridley's body immediately launched a homicide investigation by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office.

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