Naomi Kidder

Naomi Lee Kidder (December 31, 1963 - c. June 29, 1982) was a young woman who was found murdered in rural Natrona County, Wyoming, on September 10, 1982.

She is amongst the possible victims of convicted kidnapper, rapist, and alleged serial killer Larry DeWayne Hall.

Case[]

Disappearance[]

18-year-old Kidder and several friends left Buffalo, Wyoming, sometime during the week before June 28, 1982. They traveled to Rawlins and stayed at the Travel Lodge Hotel in room 144 for several days. She chose not to return to Buffalo with her friends. June 29, 1982, she took a backpack and some money belonging to a friend and left Rawlins to hitchhike. No one heard from Kidder after this.

She was reported missing on July 1, 1982.

Discovery and identification[]

Kidder's nude body was later found buried in what appeared to be a partially dug grave. She was strangled with knotted barbed wire, which had been left around her neck. She was identified through dental records in 1993.

Investigation[]

Suspect[]

Convicted kidnapper, rapist, and alleged serial killer Larry DeWayne Hall was found in possession of a document that bore Kidder's name. Hall has yet to be officially determined to be responsible for her homicide. He has been named a suspect in as many as 50 unsolved disappearances and homicides across the United States between June 1982 and September 1993. He was also interested in American Civil War reenactments and drove to and from these events in his van. A serious investigation began when several young girls and women reported being sexually harassed and followed by Hall.

It's believed that he primarily chose, stalked, and abducted young girls and women who were alone outside. Some alleged victims disappeared while outside in the areas they resided in, and others were hitchhiking. These locations were usually near reenactments he attended. Hall confessed to more than 35 murders but later recanted all of his statements. He is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina.

Clothing and accessories[]

Partial jewelry.

Gallery[]

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Notes[]

↑ The date of identification is listed as 1992 by The Doe Network, but is said to be a year later by a source documenting her identification.

[1] The date of identification is listed as 1992 by The Doe Network, but is said to be a year later by a source documenting her identification.

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