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Lorna Patricia Reed

Case from San Dimas, CA dated Feb 11, 1986

Victim Details

Lorna Patricia Reed

Female

San Dimas

CA

1986-02-11

35

Lorna

Patricia Reed

08/06/2026

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In the winter of 1986, the life of 35-year-old Lorna Patricia Reed was tragically cut short, her body discovered in the brush of an isolated area of Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, California. On Tuesday, February 11, 1986, the partly clad remains of the Pomona woman were found, sending a chill through the San Gabriel Valley. An autopsy would later confirm that she had been strangled. At the time of the discovery, investigators noted troubling similarities to a string of unsolved mu ...
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