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MURDER - Tracy Lee Stratton | Solve the Case
Tracy Stratton disappeared during the summer of 1981 from her hometown of Garden Grove, California. Her remains were located nine days after she vanished but weren’t identified until a month later. Stratton was murdered and her case is considered a homicide. No suspects have been identified or...
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Circumstances of Offense:
Tracy was last seen in Garden Grove, California on August 11th 1981. She left her home on Westminster Avenue and Euclid Street, Tracy was last seen talking with friends in a local park. She failed to return home by the following day so her mother filed a missing persons report. However, police suspected Stratton was a runaway and police didn’t suspect foul play was involved.
Additional Details:
On August 19th 1981, San Bernardino area police received an anonymous call that led them to the skeletal remains of a teenage girl. The skeleton was located 85 feet down a steep hillside off California 38 in Running Springs near Big Bear. The victim had been dead for at least a week and was strangled to death. A month later, the remains were identified as belonging to Tracy Stratton. Police now believe she was abducted and murdered within two days of her disappearance. Her murder remains unsolved.
