CO CO- Wayne Leigh Rifendifer, 30, found naked, fatally shot & his genitals removed, dumped near Ravensburg State Park, 19 Aug.,'81, *New initiative*

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Feb. 26 2025

Man shot in head, sexually mutilated in cold case homicide

Pennsylvania State Police is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the resolution of a decades-old homicide case.The investigation centers on the

fox56.com

'CLINTON CO. (WOLF) — Pennsylvania State Police is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the resolution of a decades-old homicide case.

The investigation centers on the murder of Wayne Leigh Rifendifer, whose body was discovered on August 19, 1981, in a wooded area off Gottschall Road in Crawford Township, Clinton County, near Ravensburg State Park.

Rifendifer, 30, was found naked with a gunshot wound to the back of his head, and his genitals had been removed. Authorities said they believe he was killed elsewhere before his body was dumped at the location, approximately six miles north of Interstate 80.'

42 years after her brother was killed and sexually mutilated in Pa., sister seeks justice

The unsolved Clinton County case has been linked to a similar killing not far from Interstate 80 in Utah that happened in 1982.

www.pennlive.com

''The killing remains unsolved, as does the 1982 killing of 22-year-old Marty Shook in Utah. Police say they were killed by the same gun, and linked by proximity to Interstate 80.''
Associated thread..

UT Thread 'UT - MARTY JAMES SHOOK, 22, Price, 12 June 1982 - POSSIBLE SERIAL KILLER'

Aug 30, 2019

"On June 12, 1982, Marty James Shook, a 22-year-old hitchhiker from Sparks, Nev., was killed execution-style in a canyon near Price, Utah. Shook was shot in the back of the head and his genitals were removed. His nude body was found by a fisherman. The crime is thought to be linked to a serial killer who was responsible for more than a dozen deaths that often left his victims mutilated and abandoned. The killer was never apprehended."

Here are some links on the case:
Serial Killers Remain Elusive Despite High-Tech Crimefighting

TENACIOUS INVESTIGATORS KEEP ON TRACK OF SERIAL...

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[Teamir]

Perhaps we could also make a thread in the serial killers forum to consolidate info?

 

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Handy link.

Serial Murder | Federal Bureau of Investigation

www.fbi.gov