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Do you know who killed Donald Cornett in 1982?
Donald Cornett, aged 28, was tragically killed on October 30, 1982, in Daly City, California. Cornett was found in his trailer home on the 6900 block of Mission Street, where he had been stabbed over 30 times. The homicide appeared to be connected to a brief homosexual encounter that Cornett had with his killer over the course of one or two days before his death. It is suspected that Cornett may have picked up his attacker as a hitchhiker in Southern California.
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Donald Cornett, aged 28, was tragically killed on October 30, 1982, in Daly City, California. Cornett was found in his trailer home on the 6900 block of Mission Street, where he had been stabbed over 30 times. The homicide appeared to be connected to a brief homosexual encounter that Cornett had with his killer over the course of one or two days before his death. It is suspected that Cornett may have picked up his attacker as a hitchhiker in Southern California.
The suspect was described ...Read More
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Donald Cornett
December 20, 2022
Male
White / Caucasian
Daly City
CA
1982-10-30
Donald
Cornett
11/12/2025
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Forum Posts (2)
Has anyone else looked into the suspect description in Donald Cornett’s case from 1982? I’m wond... ...Read More
02/04/2024
02/04/2024
It's really sad how the case of Donald Cornett has remained cold for so long. I came across some old... ...Read More
01/27/2023
01/27/2023
