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Marlene Peters

Case from Fairbanks North Star, AK dated Jan 31, 1981

Victim Details

Marlene Peters

Female

Alaskan Native

Fairbanks North Star

AK

1981-01-31

20

Marlene

Peters

Primary Suspect Deceased

06/20/2026

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On January 31, 1981, 20-year-old Alaskan Native, female Marlene Jean Peters set out to hitchhike from Fairbanks toward Anchorage to see her ailing father and vanished along the route. Her disappearance fit an ominous pattern unfolding in and around Fairbanks at the time, where young women and girls were going missing along highways and pipeline roads skirting the Interior.

Months later, in May 1981, the 20-year-old female was found deceased off Johnson Road, roughly 32 miles south of Fai ...
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  • Marlene Jean Peters (1960-1981) - Find a Grave Memorial
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