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Holly Branagan

Updated: Mar 7, 2023

Murdered 3/28/1979


Case File Details


It was March 28 1979 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Holly Branagan was 17 years and a senior at Freedom High School. She was well liked, popular, and planning to attend Penn State. Holly had plans to go out to dinner with some friends later in the evening. Shortly before her plans, she was brutally murdered. She was on the phone with a friend when she heard someone knock on her door, she hung up the phone and answered the door. Holly was then stabbed to death. She was stabbed 18 times total, 15 of the stabs being in the back and 3 defensive wounds.


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Jun 02

I forgot to tell you his name was Bruce, after murdering her, took off out country. Then came back and claimed to work at Graterford as a guard, but he was a cook. A couple years ago , detectives took his DNA in Ocean Pines, Md then he took off with wife to Ohio

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Jun 02

Please arrest her boyfriend , he worked at coal mine, quit the job afterwards, as so much admitted to it

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