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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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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Rachell Ward
March 6, 2024
Female
Caucasian / White
Red Bluff
CA
1983-03-03
13
Rachell Ward
Rachell
Ward
11/23/2025
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Has anyone else thought about the courage of Rachell Ward’s family in dealing with all this? I can... ...Read More
05/09/2024
05/09/2024
Does anyone else find it chilling how a tiny piece of evidence, like a single strand of hair, can un... ...Read More
11/03/2023
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