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Wilma Scribner

Case from Weybridge, VT dated Mar 21, 1979

Victim Details

Wilma Scribner

August 9, 2022

Female

White / Caucasian

Weybridge

VT

1979-03-21

1977-11-02

1979-03-21

42

Wilma

Scribner

07/07/2026


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A woman is found drowned to death in Otter Creek
On a crisp autumn day in Vermont, November 2, 1977, a sense of unease settled over the Scribner household when 42-year-old Wilma Scribner was reported missing by her husband. The last trace of the female was her departure with the family's dark green, wood-paneled 1968 Ford LTD Squire station wagon. A palpable mystery began to envelop the small community of Middlebury as days turned into weeks, and then months, with no word of Wilma's whereabouts. The vehicle, a familiar sight with its roof rack ...
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