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Marcia King

Case from Miami County, OH dated Apr 24, 1981

Victim Details

Marcia King

April 5, 2023

Female

Caucasian / White

Miami County

OH

1981-04-24

Marcia King

Marcia

King

130 lbs

06/27/2026


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On April 24, 1981, the body of 21-year-old Marcia King, originally from Arkansas, was discovered along Greenlee Road, west of Troy, in Miami County, Ohio. Known as the "Buckskin Girl" due to the distinctive fringed buckskin poncho she wore, Marcia had been strangled and suffered blunt force trauma. Her body was found barefoot, without any personal identification, just one or two days after her death. For 37 years, her identity remained a mystery until she was finally identified in 2018 through a ...
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about Marcia King’s story ever since I first read about it. It’s so d... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking about how Marcia King, the "Buckskin Girl," was never reported missing. It's so s... ...Read More
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    I recently stumbled across the case of Marcia King, also known as the "Buckskin Girl," and I can't s... ...Read More
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