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Wayne Leigh Rifendifer

Case from Jersey-shore, PA dated Aug 16, 1981

Victim Details

Wayne Leigh Rifendifer

Male

White / Caucasian

Jersey-shore

PA

1981-08-16

30

Wayne

Leigh Rifendifer

06/23/2026

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In the summer of 1981, the body of 30-year-old Wayne Leigh Rifendifer, a male, was discovered near Ravensburg State Park in Pennsylvania on August 19th. His naked body had been left in a desolate, wooded area. An autopsy would later reveal that he had been killed execution-style with a single gunshot to the head and had also suffered two severe blows to the head. In a particularly gruesome act, his genitals had been removed after his death and were missing from the scene. Investigators believed ...
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  • The Demon's Den: Castration Serial Murders,Someone was collecting genitals.Had To Kill Them First - The Demon's Den
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