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A man's body is found by county highway workers
In the winter of 1975, the life of a young Caucasian man named Wallace Mayo Thorton, age 25, came to a violent and mysterious end in Salt Lake City, Utah. The last time anyone is known to have seen or heard from him was on or around January 23, 1975. It was known that Wallace had been involved in a lifestyle that had caused him to have concerns for his own safety.
Four days later, on the afternoon of January 27th, his body was discovered by county highway workers. The grim finding reveale ...Read More
In the winter of 1975, the life of a young Caucasian man named Wallace Mayo Thorton, age 25, came to a violent and mysterious end in Salt Lake City, Utah. The last time anyone is known to have seen or heard from him was on or around January 23, 1975. It was known that Wallace had been involved in a lifestyle that had caused him to have concerns for his own safety.
Four days later, on the afternoon of January 27th, his body was discovered by county highway workers. The grim finding reveale ...Read More
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Wallace Thorton
August 3, 2022
Male
Caucasian / White
Salt Lake City
UT
1975-01-27
1975-01-23
1975-01-27
25
Wallace
Thorton
11/05/2025
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I was reading through some old cases and stumbled upon the Wallace Mayo Thornton case from 1975. It ... ...Read More
09/24/2024
09/24/2024
I recently came across the unsolved murder case of Wallace Mayo Thornton, and my heart goes out to h... ...Read More
08/08/2024
08/08/2024
It's so chilling to think about how Wallace Mayo Thornton's story ended and the brutal way it happen... ...Read More
11/28/2023
11/28/2023
