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Albert Hayes

Case from Sutter County, CA dated May 27, 1971

Victim Details

Albert Hayes

Male

White / Caucasian

Sutter County

CA

1971-05-27

58

Albert

Hayes

08/22/2026

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Albert Leon Hayes was a 58-year-old man whose death became part of one of the most notorious murder investigations in California history. Although August 22, 1971, has been provided as his date of death, contemporary court records do not support that date. The criminal case against Juan Vallejo Corona charged Corona with murdering Hayes sometime between February 27 and May 13, 1971. The exact day Hayes was killed could not be determined. His remains were among the bodies unearthed during the mas ...
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