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On October 9, 1956, the body of Floyd Leroy Barnett, a 27-year-old White male cannery worker, was discovered in the Sacramento River. His remains bore both bludgeon and knife wounds, indicating a violent death. The nature of the injuries suggested a brutal attack, and the case was treated as a homicide.

Investigators noted similarities between Barnett's murder and other killings attributed to Stephen A. Nash, a transient truck driver born in 1924. Nash had a troubled past marked by aband ...Read More

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Victim Details

Floyd Leroy Barnett

Male

Sacramento

CA

1956-10

27

Floyd

Leroy Barnett

04/25/2026