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Mary Morales

Case from Vernon, VT dated Mar 04, 1999

Victim Details

Mary Morales

March 7, 2023

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Vernon

VT

1999-03-04

1999-03-04

36

Mary

Morales

07/05/2026


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A female body is found off the side of Interstate 91
On a cold March morning in 1999, the body of 36-year-old Mary Morales, a female resident of Springfield, Massachusetts, was discovered alongside Interstate 91 in Vernon, Vermont. The date was March 4th, and an autopsy would later confirm that her death was the result of a homicide. Investigators believe that Morales had accepted a ride home from her job at Unicare, Inc. in Springfield the previous day, March 3rd, and that she likely knew her killer.

The investigation into her death quickl ...
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