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Liesel Casto

Case from Traer, IA dated Dec 27, 2014

Victim Details

Liesel Casto

Female

White / Caucasian

Traer

IA

2014-12-27

12

Liesel

Casto

07/05/2026

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On a tragic winter morning, two days after Christmas in 2014, the life of 12-year-old Liesel Casto was cut short in a hunting accident near her home in rural Traer, Iowa. The young, White female was preparing to go hunting with others on Saturday, December 27, when the incident occurred.

Liesel was a seventh-grade student at GMG in Garwin, where she was remembered as a very special girl who was missed by her classmates and teachers. An active member of the Tama County Young Guns 4-H Club, ...
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  • 12-year-old died after gun she was loading discharged - KCCI
  • Rural Traer girl killed in hunting accident - Times Republican
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