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Discarded Pistol Revives Search for Missing Woman
13 Aug
Summary
- A handgun, allegedly discarded in 1992, has become a new lead.
- Veronica Blumhorst vanished in 1990 after her grocery store shift.
- The FBI has taken over the 30-year-old unsolved disappearance case.
The 1990 disappearance of Veronica Blumhorst, then 21, is seeing renewed attention following claims of a discarded handgun. Blumhorst vanished on September 21, 1990, after finishing her shift at a Mendota grocery store. Investigators have publicly found no evidence of foul play, and many of her belongings remain missing.
An anonymous source alleges a woman recently revealed discarding a Ruger-style pistol in 1992, approximately two years after Blumhorst went missing. This firearm's alleged disposal location is reportedly different from where the source believes Blumhorst's remains may be.
The source also suggested Blumhorst may have been strangled and possibly shot before her remains were disposed of in a creek near Mendota, though no public evidence supports these assertions. These claims surface as search efforts were preparing to resume near Knox Road and Big Bureau Creek.
More than three decades later, no suspect has been identified, and no charges have been filed. The FBI has since assumed control of this enduring unsolved mystery.
