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Rita Maze

Death by Force

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Investigation into the death of Rita Maze (September 2016)
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On September 7, 2016, 47-year-old Rita Maze was found deceased in the trunk of her car near Spokane International Airport in Washington. The cause of death was determined to be a single gunshot wound to her chest and abdomen. The events leading up to the discovery of her body began the day before, when Maze contacted her family in a panicked state, claiming she had been abducted from a rest stop along Interstate 15 between Helena and Great Falls, Montana. She told them a large man had struck her ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Rita Maze

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Spokane

    WA

    2016-09-07

    47

    Rita

    Maze

    11/09/2025

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