Santa Rosa Murders ////// A Confluence of Killers

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders is a series of unsolved homicides of young women that took place in the early 1970s. Many of the victims were confirmed or believed to have been hitchhiking in or around the Santa Rosa, California area. High School girls and College students were not safe. Often times the women and girls were not found until several days later. Many discovered in rural areas. If you have any information regarding these cases please submit a tip at [email protected] or please call the Sonoma County Sheriff’s cold case unit at 1-707-565-2727

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