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Karin Santos-Coy was 19 and newly enrolled in automotive training at the Sierra Nevada Job Corps when she disappeared after a night at the Reno Rodeo Carnival. On the evening of June 28, 1980, she was last seen speaking with two barefoot men in an exhibition hall; classmates left her briefly and returned just before midnight to find her gone. A missing person report was filed with the Reno Police Department.

Her body was found by hikers on July 10, 1980, along a dirt road on Red Rock Road north of Reno. She had been left nude and died from a single gunshot wound to the chest; authorities believe she may also have been sexually assaulted. The only personal item recovered was a gold chain with a Virgin Mary medal.

Eyewitness descriptions identified one suspect as a white male about 20 to 21, 5 feet 10 inches, 130 pounds, medium-length curly blond hair, barefoot; the other as a white male about 28 to 30, 5 feet 10 inches, 180 pounds, short brown hair, barefoot. No arrests have been made and the murder remains unsolved.

Does anyone have information about the two men seen with Karin that could help bring answers?