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Kelly Poppleton

Case from Sunol, CA dated Dec 02, 1983

Victim Details

Kelly Poppleton

October 28, 2022

Female

Caucasian / White

Sunol

CA

1983-12-02

14

Kelly

Poppleton

06/21/2026


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Do you know who murdered 14 year old Kelly Jean Poppleton?
Kelly Poppleton, a 14-year-old girl, was brutally murdered on December 2, 1983, in Sunol, California. Her body was discovered by a motorist along Kilkare Road, and the scene revealed the extent of the violence inflicted upon her. Poppleton had been beaten, and her head was found wrapped in two plastic shopping bags with a makeshift noose fashioned from a tie around her neck. Despite emergency response efforts, she died shortly after her discovery due to asphyxiation. The authorities had initiall ...
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