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From the Beginning of the Archive
This section begins with the earliest case files added to the Independent Detective database. Visitors can continue loading more cases to explore the archive in the order it was built.
Cindy Lee Mellin, a 19-year-old, disappeared from Ventura, California, on January 19-20, 1970, after leaving work. Last seen beside her…
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Richard Nelson Lamson, 18, and his friend Peter Joseph Bonick, 17, both disappeared on February 22, 1970, from San Mateo,…
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Peter Joseph Bonick, 17, vanished on February 22, 1970, from San Mateo, California, along with his friend Richard Lamson, 18….
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Jacqueline Ann Gasperian, a California mother, vanished in July 1970 at age 34 while driving a friend's vehicle, which was…
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