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Nancy Santomero

Case from Pocahontas County, WV dated Jun 25, 1980

Victim Details

Nancy Santomero

Female

White / Caucasian

Pocahontas County

WV

1980-06-25

19

Nancy

Santomero

07/09/2026

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In the summer of 1980, 19-year-old Nancy Santomero, a white female, and her companion, 26-year-old Vicki Durian, were making their way to the annual Rainbow Gathering in the mountains of West Virginia. The two women were hitchhiking through Pocahontas County on June 25th, anticipating a peaceful convergence of like-minded individuals, but they never reached their destination. Their journey was cut tragically short in an isolated clearing on Droop Mountain, where they were both shot and killed.
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