Event Brief
Teen girl identified decades after vineyard murder
Filed: Aug 02, 2026 at 1:00 AM ET
Summary: Authorities identified a 15-year-old missing in 1978 after skeletal remains were found in a Kern County vineyard in 1978.
WHO: A 15-year-old girl who disappeared in February 1978; investigators and authorities in Kern County
WHAT: Skeletal remains of a murder victim were identified nearly 50 years after her disappearance
WHEN: Aug 02, 2026 at 12:31 AM ET
WHERE: Kern County, near South Wheeler Ridge Road, California
WHY: Motive not yet established.
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