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On September 29, 1980, 28-year-old Patricia Eve Gaugler was on her way from her hometown of Pottstown, Pennsylvania to Richmond, Virginia. She was planning to move in with her brother. On the trip around 3 p.m., she was last seen at the Ashland Sunco gas station on East Patrick Henry Road near I-95.
Later that day Firefighters would find Patricia's badly charred body on a dirt trail (now Wesley's Court) off of what is now Greenwood Church Road in Hanover County, Virginia several miles from I-95. There had been a forest fire when her body was found in a wooded area.
It's unknown how she got to where she was found, but she had died from upper airway burns due to immolation, her body had no evidence of other wounds, and there was no sign of sexual assault. It is unknown if she was conscious or not when she died.
SOURCES:
The Morning Call October 5, 1980
6New Richmond Jan. 24, 2022
NBC 12 Jan. 24, 2022
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