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Stephen Forbes

Case from Lafayette, NY dated Aug 19, 1980

Victim Details

Stephen Forbes

November 6, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Lafayette

NY

1980-08-19

1980-07-11

1980-07-11

28

Stephen

Forbes

07/05/2026


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A missing 28 year old's remains are found in a heavily wooded area
In the summer of 1980, the life of 28-year-old Stephen D. Forbes, a resident of Baldwinsville, New York, came to a mysterious and violent end. Forbes was a young man with business ambitions, co-owning the 'Novel-T Shirt Store' in Phoenix, New York. His sudden disappearance on July 8, 1980, after leaving a friend's home in Liverpool, sparked concern among his family, who reported him missing three days later. At the time he went missing, he was driving his blue 1977 Dodge pickup truck.

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