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A missing 15-year-old girl's remains are discovered in an orange orchard
Tyra Garcia, aged 15, was reported missing on May 27, 1985, in Ventura, California, after being last seen getting into a car with two men at a local 7-Eleven. Her family, who believed that she hadn't run away, faced difficulties as authorities initially assumed she would return on her own. This assumption delayed the urgency of the search efforts. Tragically, Tyra’s body was discovered on June 7, 1985, in an embankment near Broadway Road and Stockton Road in Moorpark, Ventura County. Her body ...Read More
Tyra Garcia, aged 15, was reported missing on May 27, 1985, in Ventura, California, after being last seen getting into a car with two men at a local 7-Eleven. Her family, who believed that she hadn't run away, faced difficulties as authorities initially assumed she would return on her own. This assumption delayed the urgency of the search efforts. Tragically, Tyra’s body was discovered on June 7, 1985, in an embankment near Broadway Road and Stockton Road in Moorpark, Ventura County. Her body ...Read More
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Tyra Garcia
April 19, 2023
Female
Hispanic / Latino
Ventura
CA
1985-06-07
1985-05-27
1970-02-12
15
Tyra
Garcia
Victim
11/19/2025
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