Donnie Whaley Est. approx. PMI (18h 40min, sep 25, 1976 y – 11h 45min, sep 26, 1976 y)

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"The 12-year-old El Cajon youth was found strangled in a ditch near Murphy Canyon Road after he had been missing five days. [...] A spokesman for the coroner's office said the youth apparently died shortly after he was reported missing Sunday, Sept. 26 [1976]. [...] The body was dressed in [...] the same clothing the youth was wearing when he left home Saturday, Sept. 25" (LMLN 10/6/76, CVSN 10/7/76).

"A spokesman for the coroner's office said the youth apparently died shortly after he left home Saturday night, Sept. 26 [sic]. He was reported missing by his mother the next morning. [...] This is the area on Murphy Canyon Road where the body of Donnie Whaley was found last week, strangled to death. If you drive this area regularly and if you happened to be there Saturday night or Sunday morning and saw anything unusual, contact the sheriff's office [...]. The youth, 12, was last seen at his home Saturday night" (LMLN 10/13/76).

"The coroner's office reported he was most likely killed soon after he was abducted. He had been sexually assaulted and strangled" (2024 CBS8 article).

2024 CBS8 article: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/48-years-later-san-diegos-summer-of-terror-unsolved/509-25166a07-2728-406a-a3eb-8e260ef643f3

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