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E53 Corrupted Christmas: Lori Erica Ruff

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Lori Erica Ruff was an identity thief whose mysterious life and death sparked widespread speculation across the internet following her 2010 death. Law enforcement, journalists and online sleuths spent years attempting to identify the woman, eventually identified as Kimberly McLean.  

 

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      Sources for this episode: 

      • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113577602/becky_sue-turner#view-photo=84707771 
      • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-journal-missing-ep-1-beck/16591529/ 
      • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113578500/kimberly_maria-mclean 
      • https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Mystery-woman-After-30-years-and-a-suicide-Lori-9239232.php 
      • https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/09/25/true-identity-of-lori-ruff-revealed-six-years-after-she-committed-suicide/
      • https://www.grunge.com/340317/the-bizarre-truth-about-lori-ruff-the-woman-without-an-identity/ 
      • https://ciphermagazine.com/articles/2016/10/29/hello-kimberly-goodbye-kimberly
      • https://rachelkincaid.substack.com/p/lori-ruff-little-girl-lost 
      • https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/special-reports/my-god-thats-kimberly-online-sleuth-solves-perplexing-mystery-of-identity-thief-lori-ruff/ 
      • https://websleuths.com/threads/ben-perkins-jr.215624/ 
      • https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2994dfaz.html 

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