12h 25min, jan 14, 1976 y - Karen Ann Fischer

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21yo; Karen was last seen by her boyfriend on Wed., Jan. 14 at ~9:50am in Arcata, where she was planning to hitchhike to go sightseeing in the Trinidad area. Her boyfriend reported her missing the following day.

That day -- January 14 -- Karen rode the AMRTS bus from Blue Lake to Humboldt State University in the morning, then hitchhiked to Clam Beach by being picked up at the 17th St entrance to Highway 101 Arcata by a confirmed witness (who had reached out to police w/ information after seeing the news of her death). She was seen alive at Clam Beach at 10:30am. Members of the Coast Guard reported seeing her on Trinidad Head at ~12:25pm on Jan. 14, in the company of a 6'0 man with a medium build, blonde/light brown hair, and wearing light/tan clothes

Sun., Jan. 18 at ~1:30pm: Karen's body was found on a small trail at the top of Trinidad Head. She was found 75ft from the large stone cross that commemorates the 1775 Spanish discovery of the headland. Her body was fully clothed, but her pants were pulled down. She appeared to have been raped and strangled.

Janet Lee Bowman, Karen Fischer, Sherrie Smith, and Vickie Schneider are four young female homicide victims in Humboldt County, all killed between Sept. 1975 and June 1976. Their cases have been linked by newspapers from the beginning, and they are sometimes referred to as the Humboldt Four.

JANUARY 14
LUNAR PHASE: waxing gibbous
ZODIAC SIGN: capricorn
DAY OF WEEK: Wednesday
Moon North Decreasing 7:11

JANUARY 18
LUNAR PHASE: waning gibbous
ZODIAC SIGN: capricorn
DAY OF WEEK: Sunday

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