Murder of Mary Quigley - Santa Clara, CA - Infamous Crime Scenes on Waymarking.com

"On the night of Friday, September 9, 1977, Quigley, a student at Santa Clara High School, attended a back to school beer party at a house near the corner of Monroe and Market Streets in Santa Clara. An acquaintance had given her a ride to the party on the back of his motorcycle and had promised to offer her a ride home. He left the party and did not return until after Quigley had left. Witnesses last saw Quigley leaving the party around 11:45 PM alone and on foot, headed toward the house of a friend who lived nearby.

In the early daylight hours of September 10, a groundskeeper noticed at a distance an object up against a fence that separated some apartments from a Santa Clara High School athletic field. The object was more or less 100 yards from the path that Quigley likely would have taken through War Memorial Park. It wasn't until around noon of the same day that the groundskeeper investigated further and discovered that the "object" was the body of Mary Quigley.

Quigley's body was unclothed. Debris on the body suggested she had been dragged to the fence. She was hanged by the neck on the fence with an item of her clothing, where she suffocated." (visit link)

Date of crime: 09/11/1977 Public access allowed: yes Fee required: no Web site: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
To post a visit log for waymarks in this category, you must have personally visited the waymark location. When logging your visit, please provide a note describing your visit experience, along with any additional information about the waymark or the surrounding area that you think others may find interesting.

We especially encourage you to include any pictures that you took during your visit to the waymark.

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.