Sonja McCaskie
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Sonja McCaskie was a British
alpine skier who participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics
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McCaskie lived in Reno, Nevada
and was working as a part time skiing instructor at the nearby Slide Mountain ski resort when she was brutally strangled, raped, decapitated & mutilated in her Yori Avenue apartment by 18 year old high school student Thomas Lee Bean in the early morning hours of Friday 5 April 1963. Bean was sentenced to death in the Nevada gas chamber for the murder, but was taken off death row in 1970 and remains in the Nevada State Prison. This murder was sensationalized in the Sept. 8, 1963 issue of The National Enquirer
with the frontpage headline (and a grisly photo) as: "I CUT OUT HER HEART & STOMPED ON IT".
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alpine skier who participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...
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McCaskie lived in Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
and was working as a part time skiing instructor at the nearby Slide Mountain ski resort when she was brutally strangled, raped, decapitated & mutilated in her Yori Avenue apartment by 18 year old high school student Thomas Lee Bean in the early morning hours of Friday 5 April 1963. Bean was sentenced to death in the Nevada gas chamber for the murder, but was taken off death row in 1970 and remains in the Nevada State Prison. This murder was sensationalized in the Sept. 8, 1963 issue of The National Enquirer
The National Enquirer
The National Enquirer is an American supermarket tabloid now published by American Media Inc . Founded in 1926, the tabloid has gone through a variety of changes over the years....
with the frontpage headline (and a grisly photo) as: "I CUT OUT HER HEART & STOMPED ON IT".