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Rachell Ward

Case from Red Bluff, CA dated Mar 03, 1983

Victim Details

Rachell Ward

March 6, 2024

Female

Caucasian / White

Red Bluff

CA

1983-03-03

13

Rachell Ward

Rachell

Ward

06/27/2026


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Body found west of dam. Shot several times with a high-powered rifle
Rachell Ward, a 14-year-old from Red Bluff, California, was brutally murdered on March 3, 1983. On the morning of her death, Ward was walking to school, a short five-block journey, when she disappeared. Later that day, her body was discovered along Pine Creek Road, a few miles west of Red Bluff in Tehama County. The investigation revealed that she had been bound, sexually assaulted, and shot in the back of the head. The community was left in shock, and authorities immediately launched an intensi ...
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  • Rashell Ward murder case solved - Red Bluff Daily News
  • Evidence saga: 1983 murder of 14-year-old girl finally solved - WPDE
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