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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.
Henrietta Geck Cruz Avila, 17, disappeared in August 1960 shortly after marrying Merle Avila. Reports of a collect call and…
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Doris Catherine Scandalis, 30, went missing on November 7, 1960, in Carmichael, California, after leaving for shopping and a movie….
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Thomas Casares Melendez, a 48-year-old man, disappeared from Bakersfield, California, on April 16, 1961. His case remains unsolved with minimal…
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Karen Lynn Tompkins, aged 11, disappeared on August 18, 1961, while walking home from a summer class in Torrance, California….
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