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Florida Police Identify Slain ‘Trunk Lady’ as Mom Missing Since 1969<!-- wp:html --><p>St. Petersburg Police</p> <p>They called her the Trunk Lady.</p> <p>She was found in 1969 in a steamer trunk in the woods behind the Oyster Bar in St. Petersburg, Florida. She had been strangled with a bolo tie and was wearing only a pajama top.</p> <p>On Halloween day, two kids saw a pickup truck roll up and two men haul out the trunk and dump it. Detectives called to the site opened the black trunk and found what would become a five-decade mystery.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/st-petersburg-florida-police-identify-slain-trunk-lady-as-sylvia-june-atherton">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

St. Petersburg Police

They called her the Trunk Lady.

She was found in 1969 in a steamer trunk in the woods behind the Oyster Bar in St. Petersburg, Florida. She had been strangled with a bolo tie and was wearing only a pajama top.

On Halloween day, two kids saw a pickup truck roll up and two men haul out the trunk and dump it. Detectives called to the site opened the black trunk and found what would become a five-decade mystery.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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