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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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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Marcia King
April 5, 2023
Female
Caucasian / White
Miami County
OH
1981-04-24
Marcia King
Marcia
King
130 lbs
11/11/2025
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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
01/22/2024
01/22/2024
I've been thinking about how Marcia King, the "Buckskin Girl," was never reported missing. It's so s... ...Read More
01/04/2024
01/04/2024
I recently stumbled across the case of Marcia King, also known as the "Buckskin Girl," and I can't s... ...Read More
04/03/2023
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