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Robert Robbins

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Oct 24, 1973

Victim Details

Robert Robbins

Male

White / Caucasian

Phoenix

AZ

1973-10-24

19

Robert

Robbins

07/16/2026

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Robert Robbins was living in the Phoenix, Arizona area in the fall of 1973, sharing a trailer in the Apache Junction area outside the city with his girlfriend, Katherine Mestites, as the couple tried to build a life together on the outskirts of Phoenix. Robbins, a 19-year-old White/Caucasian male, had recently completed service as a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, and friends later described him as a young man settling back into civilian life when he crossed paths with two drifters, Dougla ...
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  • https://newspaperarchive.com/tucson-daily-citizen-nov-30-1973-p-6/
  • Douglas Gretzler - Wikipedia
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