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THE MURDER OF SUSAN MARIE LYNCH

9/29/2020

 
PictureSusan Marie Lynch (22)
Susan Marie Lynch (22) was discovered murdered on July 31st 1971, found buried alive in sand by "bottle hunters" near East Levee Road, one-half mile north of Del Paso Road and 0.6 miles southwest of the dump site of Carol Beth Hilburn. Carol (22) was last seen at Lloyd Hickey’s Forty Grand Club at 1819 Del Paso Boulevard in Sacramento and found later that day on Saturday, November 14th 1970, battered and naked only 30 feet south of West Ascot Avenue and West 4th Street near Rio Linda.

Betty Cloer (21) almost certainly crossed paths with her killer (Phillip Arthur Thompson) on Madison Avenue, Sacramento on June 18, 1971. She was found beaten and shot in Cameron Park, El Dorado County on June 19th 1971. Judith Hakari (23) was abducted from the Markston Apartments on March 7th 1970, discovered beaten and raped in a shallow grave on April 25th 1970 alongside Ponderosa Way, near Weimar. 

Nancy Darlene Feusi (23), a separated mother of five, was discovered by a fisherman at 6:30 am on July 22nd 1973 alongside Pleasant Grove Road and Steelhead Creek, approximately half a mile north of West Riego Road in Sutter County. Dressed in a miniskirt and bikini-style briefs, with a blouse discovered nearby, she had been brutally stabbed 29 times in the stomach, chest and arm in what appeared a sexually driven crime. Earlier that morning she had been dancing at Plumbers Hall, 5841 Newman Court in East Sacramento, with her last sighting alive at 43rd Street and 11th Avenue, about 2 miles southwest of Plumbers Hall. This sighting was only 3 1/2 hours prior to her body being discovered alongside Pleasant Grove Road, 15 miles north. Denise Kathleen Anderson (22) disappeared on April 13th 1971, having been last seen by one of her roommates at 5:30 am at their residence located on 925 16th Street in Sacramento. An extraordinary number of shocking crimes in such a small area - and this is just a snapshot. 

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The bodies of Susan Marie Lynch and Carol Beth Hilburn were discovered on East Levee Road and West Ascot Avenue respectively, which both flanked the Dry Creek and 265 acre Hansen Ranch Park Site, often used by fishermen. The two roads pass within 230 meters of one another. Nancy Darlene Feusi's body was dumped 6 miles north of  West Ascot Avenue (where Carol Beth Hilburn was found). The bodies of Susan Marie Lynch and Nancy Darlene Feusi were both discovered next to Steelhead Creek.

It was thought that Susan Marie Lynch may have been unconscious before she was buried, leaving the possibility that she was transported to this location and buried (believing she was already dead). It is clear that Carol Beth Hilburn was not murdered where she was found, with a reasonable conclusion to be had, that both young women were transported to these locations by vehicle and dragged to where they were ultimately found. Susan Marie Lynch was found clothed in only a blouse, pulled up towards her neck, with one tennis shoe on her left foot. Carol Beth Hilburn was found naked with only one suede boot on her feet. It is fairly obvious from the state of undress of both women that a sexual component was the driving force behind both these crimes. The proximity of both dump sites, alongside roads separated by no more than 230 meters, could indicate that this area around the Hansen Park Ranch Site including Steelhead Creek and Dry Creek, was an area familiar to the perpetrator or perpetrators in each crime. But were they responsible for both or all these murders?
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I would like to thank Shawn (a regular contributor to this site) for drawing my attention to this crime and providing the newspaper cutting.
Shawn link
9/29/2020 06:25:53 am

I do not know if it was ever discussed why she was in a condition of unconsciousness to the point she could be buried alive and suffocate on sand in a shallow grave. Maybe they did not or could not check for drugs. I do not know. I guess because how sand can easily flow, it might be easier to suffocate than with clumpier dirt.

Eva Blau was found in a farm field dead. I think she was killed (Graysmith) but Mescaline was detected in her blood.

Richard
9/29/2020 06:43:48 am

There were several victims around the relevant time period with Mescaline found in their blood, so a strong possibility of these being linked crimes.

Shawn link
9/29/2020 06:57:35 am

Click my name for the article on Eva Blau death. Mescaline was ruled as the culprit. Evidently LSD, Mescaline was hard to detect back then unless you know what your looking for. Maybe it was missed by Marie Lynch autoposy. Evidently Susan she was hitchhiking from Northern Calif. to Santa Cruz where her mom lived.

Also mentioned in the Eva Blau article is Mrs. Antsey (spelled different in Graysmth book). They think she died of drowning as gravel and pebbles were found in her lungs. I think she was found on the lake shore. They were also looking at Mescaline as the cause of her death.

Judith
9/29/2020 07:54:09 am

Always a beautiful girl. Were any of these victims sexually assaulted? Was semen recovered?

Richard
9/29/2020 09:31:33 am

I read on Zodiac Killer message board somebody claiming DNA in the Hilburn case, but I have failed to corroborate that. If that really was the case, then we could rule her murder in or out of being connected to the murder of Betty Cloer.

Shawn link
9/29/2020 10:06:20 am

Found this article when doing research on Nancy Bennallack.

Barry Sigal was named a suspect in Nancy’s murder, He was the room mate of the supervising District Attorney in Sacramento. Barry had served 8 years for the murder of a woman in 1961.

Strange bed fellows.

Click my name for article

Shawn link
9/29/2020 10:40:04 am

Click my name for a description of Barry Sigal’s murder case.

Sigal claimed a man named George, an accomplice was the killer.
Evidently Sigal was a big man. Murder description excerpt below...

“A neckerchief with a double knot in the back was tied tightly around her neck. Mrs. McAfee had been garroted from behind and had died as the result of asphyxiation. A medical estimate placed the time of death between 8 p. m. and midnight the previous evening. Numerous abrasions and contusions had been inflicted upon her just before her death.“

Richard
9/29/2020 10:42:57 am

Nice finds Shawn, extremely interesting stuff.


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