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Elizabeth Ann Betty Jirsa

Case from Pinal, AZ dated Dec 10, 1981

Victim Details

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Jirsa

Female

Pinal

AZ

1981-12-10

55

Elizabeth

Ann Betty Jirsa

06/25/2026

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Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Jirsa Pratt, a 55-year-old female from Tucson, Arizona, whose ethnicity is not specified in available public records, was killed by gunfire while on a desert camping trip with her husband, Harold David “Hal” Pratt. On the night of December 9, 1981, the couple were camped in a remote area of the Arizona desert, roughly 75 miles southeast of Phoenix, in Pinal County. The following day, December 10, hunters discovered their bodies west of Oracle Junction, and authoriti ...
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