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David Grunwald

Case from Palmer, AK dated Dec 02, 2016

Victim Details

David Grunwald

Male

White / Caucasian

Palmer

AK

2016-12-02

16

David

Grunwald

Yes

06/30/2026

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White/Caucasian male David Grunwald, age 16, vanished from Palmer, Alaska on November 13, 2016. He had told his family he was on his way home, but he never arrived. The next day, searchers found his Ford Bronco abandoned and burned on a remote road, a grim clue that transformed a missing-person alert into a homicide investigation. For more than two weeks, Alaska State Troopers and a swelling group of volunteers combed the frozen brushlands outside Palmer. On December 2, 2016, guided by informati ...
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  • New charges in the death of David Grunwald; Grunwald's father says teens have "face of evil"
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Investigator: Missing Palmer teen was beaten, shot to death
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