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James Harry Hartley

Case from Sloan, NV dated Mar 13, 1954

Victim Details

James Harry Hartley

February 7, 2023

Male

Sloan

NV

1954-03-13

1954-03-13

33

James Harry

Hartley

07/01/2026


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On March 13, 1954, the body of 33-year-old union leader James Harry Hartley, a male, was discovered in a shallow grave in the desert near Sloan, Nevada. His remains were found on Paradise Road near the old Los Angeles Highway. An autopsy later determined that Hartley had died from a gunshot wound to the head. Adding to the mystery, his car was located in Los Angeles, parked across the street from the sheet metal worker's union hall. The vehicle's windshield had been shot through with several bul ...
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