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Teen Couple Attacked On Torrey Pines Beach
- Barbara Nantais and Jim Alt slept on Torrey Pines Beach and were attacked during the night in August 1978. Barbara was found nude, beaten, strangled and sexually mutilated while Jim woke up injured and with no memory.
Nearly Identical Murder Eight Years Later
- In August 1984, 14-year-old Claire Hough was found murdered a few hundred yards from Barbara's scene with eerily similar injuries and mutilation. Both victims had sand in their mouths, were beaten, strangled, sexually assaulted, and had breast mutilations.
Self-Proclaimed Psychic Claims To Find Claire
- Wallace Wheeler approached Claire's parents claiming he found Claire and offered psychic visions, then later committed suicide by jumping from a 13th-floor balcony. Police briefly considered him suspicious because his behavior and timing unnerved the family.