6h 30min, jul 30, 1973 y - 7TH STREET
Ronnie Wiebe
Body found
Description:
"Found slain Monday [July 30, 1973] in Seal Beach [...] Found at 6:30am near the Seventh Street on-ramp of the San Diego Freeway" (TDB 7/30/73, 7/31/73).
"July 30, 1973, the body of Ronnie Wiebe was found in the ice plant off the Seventh Street exit from the 605 Freeway. [...] Wiebe was last seen alive when he left the Sportsman Bar in Los Alamitos at 1:45am, en route to the parking lot. He never made it to his car" (LBPT 6/8/75 pt 2).
"He left a neighborhood bar in Los Alamitos where he was a regular at 1:45am on the morning of July 28, 1973. Police believe he attempted to hitch a ride after discovering his car wouldn't start. He had been death two days when his body was found" (Last Ride, Ch.3).
AB 7/30/73: https://www.newspapers.com/article/anaheim-bulletin-ronnie-wiebe/198991618/
AB 7/31/73: https://www.newspapers.com/article/anaheim-bulletin-strangled-body-is-ident/157229648/
Three articles, July to Aug. 1973: https://cacoldcases.blogspot.com/p/southland-four-apr-1973.html#julytoaug1973
LBPT 8/26/73 [SW list]: https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-telegram-southland-five-in-lbpt-sw/200592021/
** In the LBI/LBPT Secret Witness list alongside the rest of the Southland Five from Aug. 26, 1973 to July 28, 1974. **
FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94556538/ronnie_gene-wiebe
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6h 30min, jul 30, 1973 y
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