Do you know who murdered Susan Rae Perron? In the summer of 1971, a 14-year-old Caucasian female named Susan Rae Perron vanished from her Las Vegas neighborhood. On June 13th, she left her home with plans to walk to Lorenzi Park for a swim, a simple, youthful outing on a sunny day. It is unknown if she ever made it to the park. What is known is that after she walked away from her home, she was never seen alive by her friends or family again, beginning a mystery that would haunt the community for years to come.
For nearly two
years, Susan's fate remained a painful unknown. The question of what happened to the young girl lingered without answers. Then, on April 16, 1973, a grim discovery was made in a desolate desert area, roughly five miles west of U.S. Highway 95 off of Lone Mountain Road. Skeletal remains found at the scene were later identified through dental records as those of Susan Rae Perron. The cause of her death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head, a violent end to a young life.
Despite the discovery of her remains and the determination that she was the victim of a homicide, Susan's case has grown cold over the decades. No arrests have ever been made, and no suspects have been officially named in her murder. The investigation has explored potential connections to other unsolved cases, including that of another young girl, Jody Marie Miller, who was murdered around the same time and whose body was found in a similar desert location. However, a definitive link was never established by law enforcement at the time. Decades later, the identity of the person or persons responsible for the death of Susan Rae Perron remains an unsolved mystery.
