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Do you know who murdered 17 year old Sharon Ryan?
On a chilly evening in Portland, Oregon, just days before Christmas in 1976, 17-year-old Sharon Ryan, a Caucasian female known to her friends and family as Shen, was in high spirits, baking holiday cookies at her older sister's home. Realizing she was short on eggs, Sharon told her sister she was making a quick walk to the nearby Thriftway supermarket, just six blocks away, and would be right back. Shortly before 8:00 p.m. on December 16th, she left the house with a couple of dollars, leaving th ...Read More
On a chilly evening in Portland, Oregon, just days before Christmas in 1976, 17-year-old Sharon Ryan, a Caucasian female known to her friends and family as Shen, was in high spirits, baking holiday cookies at her older sister's home. Realizing she was short on eggs, Sharon told her sister she was making a quick walk to the nearby Thriftway supermarket, just six blocks away, and would be right back. Shortly before 8:00 p.m. on December 16th, she left the house with a couple of dollars, leaving th ...Read More
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Sharon Ryan
November 2, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Portland
OR
1976-12-18
1976-12-16
17
Sharon
Ryan
No
11/27/2025
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I can't stop thinking about what Sharon's last moments must have been like. Walking to the store on ... ...Read More
10/29/2024
10/29/2024
I was reading about Sharon Ryan’s case again, and something that sticks with me is the randomness ... ...Read More
03/24/2023
03/24/2023
I've been spending some time looking into Sharon Ryan's case, and it's been haunting me how close sh... ...Read More
02/25/2023
02/25/2023
