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UNSOLVED HOMICIDE

Shari Dee Sampson Elwell

Vanished:
Dec. 30, 1992

Narrative

Elwell's sexually mutilated body was found Dec. 30, 1992, by a group of hunters northwest of White Swan in the closed and remote area of the Yakama Reservation. Autopsy reports indicate she had been strangled. Elwell’s family reported not seeing her for weeks.