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In the summer of 1987, a shadow fell over El Paso, Texas, as a series of young women and girls began to vanish, their disappearances casting a pall of fear across the community. Among them was 14-year-old Dawn Marie Smith, a female student at Parkland High School. After a family argument in June, she had run away from home but had maintained contact with her family until all communication abruptly ceased after August 28, 1987. The hope for her safe return was tragically extinguished when, on Oct ...
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  • Remembering women, girls killed by El Paso serial killer David Wood
  • Dawn Marie Smith (1972-1987) - Find a Grave Memorial
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