Re: Infamous West Seattle?

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Magpie
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I’m trying to remember some of the names here..Penny Haddenham was the girl from Madison walking home from the fabric store. Her body wasn’t found for some time. There was also a girl who had gone to Sealth (Vonnie Stuth nee Van Driel) who was murdered by a guy who had escaped from Western State. George Jugum was the guy who stomped the teenager to death at Herfy’s (his dad was a big wig in the longshore union and he was kind of a known thug at WSH). He did his time, though.

There is a condo at the corner of Yancy and Avalon that was an empty lot when they found the one girl who I can’t remember her name. I remember walking home past there before Genesee was a through street to see the crime tape. I’ve never read Ann Rule, but have a good memory and either knew or had some connection to many of these folks. Denise Naslund of course had gone to Sealth also and would have been in the same class as Vonnie. The early/mid 70’s had some crazy things happening to West Seattle.