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Donna Lorraine Pounds

Case from Missoula, MT dated Apr 11, 1974

Victim Details

Donna Lorraine Pounds

Female

White / Caucasian

Missoula

MT

1974-04-11

39

Donna

Lorraine Pounds

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/03/2026

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On April 11, 1974, the quiet life of 39-year-old Donna Lorraine Pounds, a White/Caucasian female, was brutally cut short in her Missoula, Montana, home. That afternoon, after returning from her part-time job at a Christian bookstore, she was confronted by an intruder in her own bedroom. The man was armed with her husband's. 22 caliber rifle. Using a white clothesline he had brought with him, he bound and then assaulted her.

The assailant then forced Donna down to the basement of her home. ...
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  • ABC FOX Montana: A first look at 'The Gruesome World of Missoula Mauler Wayne Nance'
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