Rita Sellers
Age 2716 Dec 1979
El Rancho, Colorado (USA)
Strangled
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/16 Dec 1979/Rita Sellers
Rita's body was found inside a cardboard box on Highway 40. She had been strangled.
On December 16, 1979, the frozen body of Rita Sellers, DOB 08/02/1952 was found inside a cardboard box on HWY 40, one and a half miles west of HWY 74 and Interstate 70. The cardboard box had been sealed and after an autopsy was conducted it was determined Rita had been strangled.
Rita had undergone reassignment surgery about a year before her death. Her last known address was in Denver, Colorado.
Source: United Press International, February 11, 1981.
https://www.jeffco.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=294
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