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Tracey Patient Murder: He Strangled Her with Tights, Dumped Her Body. Killer Escaped 50 Years

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Fifty years ago, one of the most mysterious criminal cases in New Zealand history began. On that day, Friday, January 30, 1976, a woman walking her dog in the morning found the body of 13-year-old Tracey Ann Patient, missing since the previous evening. The girl had been strangled with her tights and then thrown into the bush. Despite extensive and repeated searches, the crime has not been solved. The name of the killer has not been known for hal…
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Fifty years ago, one of the most mysterious criminal cases in New Zealand history began. On that day, Friday, January 30, 1976, a woman walking her dog in the morning found the body of 13-year-old Tracey Ann Patient, missing since the previous evening. The girl had been strangled with her tights and then thrown into the bush. Despite extensive and repeated searches, the crime has not been solved. The name of the killer has not been known for hal…

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Deník.cz broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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