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Teal Pittington

Case from Lamy, NM dated Aug 15, 1984

Victim Details

Teal Pittington

December 16, 2022

Female

White / Caucasian

Lamy

NM

1984-08-15

1984-08-15

18

Teal

Pittington

07/03/2026


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In the summer of 1984, a sense of unease settled over Santa Fe, New Mexico, a period later dubbed the "decade of fear" due to a string of disappearances and murders of young women. Amid this climate of anxiety, the life of 18-year-old Caucasian/White female Teal Pittington was tragically cut short, leaving behind a cold case that continues to baffle investigators decades later. Teal, a cosmetology student and waitress, was last seen alive on the evening of August 15, 1984, in the parking lot of ...
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