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Susan McLaughlin

Case from El Dorado County, CA dated Mar 10, 1973

Victim Details

Susan McLaughlin

July 26, 2022

Female

Caucasian / White

El Dorado County

CA

1973-03-10

1973-03-02

19

Susan

McLaughlin

No

07/06/2026


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Could a convicted killer be responsible for this college student's death?
On March 2, 1973, 19-year-old Susan McLaughlin, a student at UC Berkeley, set out to visit her family in El Dorado County, California. She took a Greyhound bus from Berkeley, making it to the bus depot in Sacramento, but was never seen alive again by her loved ones. McLaughlin had planned a weekend visit and was carrying a backpack, which was later found abandoned alongside Highway 50 between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe. On March 5, she was reported missing by both her mother and her boyfrie ...
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