Unsolved Murder: Sharon Lee Gallegos

In July of 1960, just outside of Congress, Arizona. The body of a female child was discovered burned and abandoned in the Sand Wash Creek Bed. Leads were chased from Kingman, Arizona all the way to Gallup, New Mexico. However, no-one could identify the little girl. For sixty-two long years she would remain an unidentified persons case. Only known by law enforcement and the community as "Little Miss Nobody".

If you have any information regarding the abduction and murder of Sharon Lee Gallegos, please contact the Yavapai County Sheriff’s office at: (928)771-3260 or at web.sheriff@yavapaiaz.gov

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