What the records say
- When
- 1949
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 45.58° N, 122.68° W
- Description
- 1949 murder in Portland, Oregon, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Murder of Thelma Taylor
1949 murder in Portland, Oregon, United States
Thelma Anne Taylor was an American teenager who was abducted and murdered in North Portland, Oregon in 1949, after having disappeared on August 5. Her body was discovered the following week, on August 11. Taylor's murder received national attention and became a cause célèbre. The perpetrator, Morris Leland, was executed in 1953. The murder occurred in the St. Johns neighborhood of North Portland near the St.
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