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A Marine sergeant's body is found stuffed in a sleeping back in a van on I-40
In the late summer of 1972, a grim discovery was made on the shoulder of Interstate 40 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On August 23rd, the body of 25-year-old Caucasian male, Ronald Thaisen, a Sergeant in the Marine Corps, was found inside a van. The manner of his death was violent and unsettling, as his mutilated remains had been placed within a sleeping bag. The scene offered few immediate clues to investigators, leaving them with a profound mystery.

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Victim Details

Ronald Thaisen

September 20, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Albuquerque

NM

1972-08-23

1972-08-23

1947-07-25

25

Ronald

Thaisen

04/15/2026


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