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Elizabeth Barclay

Elizabeth   Barclay

REFERENCE NUMBER: 263 - Unsolved
COMPANY: B
RACE: White
SEX: Female
CITY: Dallas
COUNTY: Dallas
RELATED YEAR: 1979
SUSPECTS: Black male


Elizabeth Barclay

DETAILS:

In October of 1979, 7 year old Elizabeth Lynne Barclay was walking down the street in the area of 2900 West Northwest Highway Dallas, Texas when witnesses described that she was abducted and struck multiple times by a black male driving a dark colored vehicle possibly a 2 door Buick. In December of 1979, Elizabeth was located deceased in the Hiram-Willis Point Road area in Van Zandt County on the side of a County Road. An autopsy was conducted and determined the cause of the death to be a homicide. The Dallas Police Department maintains an open homicide investigation and is being assisted by the Texas Rangers.


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