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Donna Riley

Age: 18
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Date Reported Missing:
Date of Death: 9/14/1978
Date of Recovery: 9/14/1978
Cause: Undetermined
County: Worcester
Referring Case Number: J-96-03413

Donna Riley was located by sticks off of Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City, Maryland. Investigators started the investigation as a homicide due to the body being hidden at that location. However, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was unable to find a cause of death and left the manner as undetermined. Investigation revealed the victim had been at a party in Ocean Pines and possibly died of a drug overdose at that location. However, due to the amount of decomposition, the drug overdose theory was unconfirmed.

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