Murder of Thelma Taylor
Murdered teenage girl
Died when: 15 years 237 days (187 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Thelma Anne Taylor (December 12, 1933 – August 6, 1949) was an American teenager who was abducted and murdered in Portland, Oregon in 1949, after having disappeared on August 5.
Her body was discovered the following week, on August 11.Taylor's murder received national attention and became a cause célèbre.
The perpetrator, Morris Leland, was executed in 1953.The site of the murder in St.Johns occurred underneath the St.Johns Bridge, on land that is now in Cathedral Park.
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