The home where Tania Meissner lived at at the time of her death — ©Google Maps, December 2019

A MURDER RUNS THROUGH IT

Tania M. Meissner

July 7, 1981 (LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO)

Sometime between 10:45 pm on July 6, 1981 and 1:33 pm on July 7, 1981, Tania M. Meissner became the first murder victim in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in almost thirty-two years.

She was just fifteen years old.

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