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Charles Gunnar, 34, of Morgan Hill, California, disappeared in 1982 and was later found dead near Wilseyville in the Mother Lode. His remains were unearthed close to a secluded cabin owned by survivalist Leonard Lake. Investigators recovered more than 40 pounds of charred human bones in graves near the cabin, part of a pattern of horrific violence linked to Lake and an alleged accomplice, Charles Ng.

Lake named Ng as an accomplice before dying after swallowing a cyanide capsule following his 1985 arrest. Videotapes showing tortured women led detectives to the Wilseyville site. Ng fled to Canada, was arrested there for another crime, extradited to California in September 1991, and charged with multiple murders including Gunnar’s. He was later convicted of eleven murders and sentenced to death.

Gunnar’s remains were among the evidence tying Ng and Lake to a string of killings in the early 1980s. Does anyone have memories or information about Gunnar’s life in Morgan Hill or his last known movements?