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Juanita Adams:1978, Hall County, Georgia

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       Juanita Adams was born in 1959.  She was a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Juanita lived on the Reservation at Pineridge, South Dakota. She also went by her traditional name of Omani Wi.    Due to an injury, Juanita Adams had a prosthetic eye.   She became a mother as a teen. In 1978, her daughter was three. Juanita might have been thinking about the future. She was likely looking around at the world that her daughter would grow up into. Juanita decided to try to make the world a better place.    In the late 1970’s she had been inspired by the American Indian Movement to become an activist for Native American rights. She wanted to be a part of the A.I.M.’s Longest Walk in the Summer of 1978.    This group, the American Indian Movement, was trying to bring awareness to the long legacy of awful treatment of Native Americans. They had planned and publicized a walk across the United States.  ...
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Deborah Ann Hales:1977, Upper Moreland, Pennsylvania

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    Deborah Ann Hales was born July 12th, 1957 to  Mary and Edward Hales in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was their second child. Deborah had an older brother and later a younger brother and sister.   Deborah was a graduate of Upper Dublin High School. She was working at FMC corporation and living in an apartment.      On Monday January 3rd, 1977, Deborah had borrowed her mother’s red Ford Pinto. She called her mother to let her know she was working overtime. She started off for home sometime after 11 p.m. that evening.     Early the next morning on January 4th, the red Pinto was found blocking the driveway of a local deli. The keys were in the vehicle. Why did Deborah park this car in such an odd place and seemingly vanish? It was in perfect working order. There was plenty of gasoline. There were no footprints suggesting that she had walked away. Did she get into another car?    On January 4th, 1977, D...
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Nancy Gale Erickson:1973, Marlborough, New Hampshire

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Nancy Gale Erickson    Nancy Gale Erickson was born in 1951 in Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York. (True Crime readers will know Suffolk County from the Long Island Serial Killer Case. Bay Shore is not far from Gilgo Beach.)    Nancy Gale Erickson graduated from Elmira Free Academy in Elmira, New York in 1969. She earned a nursing degree from Corning Community College in Elmira. Elmira is just south of the Finger Lakes in New York.    Nancy joined her Mom and siblings in Tampa, Florida after nursing school. She got a job at a hospital there for a while but left abruptly sometime in 1973 with only a duffle bag. Her family thought that perhaps she was struggling with the emotional distress of her nursing work.    She was in Brattleboro, Vermont in the Fall. She had a job at a hospital called Brattleboro Retreat. That hospital is still open and offers mental health help. Nancy was living in the Community House there while working...
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