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Human skull found in trash may be from ’Saint Death’ shrine

Cindy Von Quednow, John Scheibe Ventura County Star

Last updated Friday, November 16, 2012 - 3:04pm

OXNARD, Calif. — A human skull and jawbone found in a trash bin here this week might have been part of a religious shrine known as "Santa Muerte" or Saint Death.

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Sister recalls Boy Scout lost in 1961 Zion flood

Brian Skoloff The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 5:00pm

HOLLADAY — Doralee Freebairn remembers the day well. It was September 1961. Her older brother was on a Boy Scouts trip, hiking in the canyons of Zion National Park.

She was in the yard at home in Salt Lake City watering plants when news crackled over the radio. There had been a massive flash flood in the Narrows.

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Skull linked to Utah Boy Scout killed in 1961 flood

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 8:45am

ST. GEORGE -- Police say a skull fragment found in the Virgin River belongs to a Boy Scout who was swept away in a flash flood more than 50 years ago.

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