The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
by Emma Copley Eisenberg
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Mystery & Crime, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
In the afternoon or early evening of June 25, 1980, two young women, Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero, were killed in an isolated clearing in rural Pocahontas County West Virginia. They were hitchhiking to an outdoor peace festival known as the Rainbow Gathering, but never arrived. Their killings have been called _x0093_The Rainbow Murders._x0094_For thirteen ...
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