Was Jeannette DePalma's Death an Occult Sacrifice, a Crime of Opportunity, or Something Else?

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16-year-old Jeannette DePalma disappeared one August afternoon in 1972 in the quiet suburb of Springfield, New Jersey. Six weeks later, her body was found decaying on a wooded bluff. It was surrounded by what some investigators thought were satanic symbols. But as the story of ri ...  Show more

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In 1972, in New Jersey, 16-year-old high school student Jeannette DePalma was found dead. Officials couldn't be sure but it was theorized that she was strangled to death. Local rumors quickly surfaced that Jeannette was murdered by Satanists and was a human sacrifice as pat of a ...  Show more

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In August of 1972, a 16-year-old girl went missing in New Jersey. Although police initially insisted she had run away, her body was found six weeks later at the top of a cliff near an abandoned quarry. Due to the disturbing and controversial scene in which her body was discove ...

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A Death on Devil's Teeth - August 7 2022
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August 7th: Jeannette Depalma Dies (1972) While elements like witchcraft and the occult can make for an interesting story, sometimes the fear of the unknown and the different create an environment that makes a real case difficult to solve. On August 7th 1972 a young girl disappea ...  Show more