"On February 18, 1980, tourists visiting the Coachella Valley area stopped at a viewpoint on Highway 74 and discovered a body about 20 feet down the ravine. The woman appeared to be in her 20s, dressed neatly in a velour blouse, trousers, and tan sandals, but had no identification, and no missing person reports matched her description."
"Unbeknownst to detectives in Riverside County, their Jane Doe had been reported missing 2,000 miles away. Victoria Hicks Hargrove, 29, disappeared from her apartment in Opelika, Alabama, in late January, just weeks before her body was found."
"Marriage records show Hargrove married for the first time in 1969 at 17 years old, then remarried the same man in 1977. She worked at a local newspaper and the Auburn Bulletin, but her disappearance was not publicized until September 1980."
Victoria Hicks Hargrove, a 29-year-old woman, was found dead in a California ravine on February 18, 1980, with no identification. An autopsy could not determine her cause of death. Hargrove had been reported missing from Opelika, Alabama, about three weeks prior. Little is known about her life, but records indicate she was married twice and worked at local newspapers. Her disappearance was reported by family on January 28, 1980, but gained public attention only in September when her former employer published a story.
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