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Cold Cases in Berkeley, California

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Berkeley, California, dated 1974 to 1980. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Patty Hearst Kidnapping (1974) and the most recent is Jeannie Mills Family (1980).

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Status of the 2 cases
  • Unsolved 1 (50%)
  • Solved or convicted 1 (50%)

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1 Missing Persons1 Multiple Homicides

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Unsolved 1980

Jeannie Mills Family

Peoples Temple defectors Jeannie Mills, 40, and Al Mills, 51, were shot dead with their daughter Daphene, 15, at their Berkeley home on February 26, 1980. The couple had co-founded the Concerned Relatives group.

Berkeley Multiple Homicide
Conviction 1974

Patty Hearst Kidnapping

Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, 19, was abducted from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army on February 4, 1974.

Berkeley Missing Person Age 19

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