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Pocahontas County (W. Va.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Henry Rauch, Author, True Crime Story Set in Pocahontas County Published in "The Journal of Spelean History"

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Collection Number: A&M 4464
Content Description An article written by West Virginia University Geology professor and cave enthusiast Henry Rauch about the disappearance, and deaths, presumably by murder and suicide, of Walter Smith and noted caver Peter Hauer in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in June 1975. Ruled as a case of murder-suicide by law enforcement officials, the author explores alternate theories drawing on eyewitness testimony from friends of the victims and other evidence. The article appeared in "The Journal of Spelean...
Dates: 2018