On Wednesday, October 28, 1981, in Newburgh Heights, Ohio, three young boys were heading out on adventure near a rocky ravine. When they got there, they soon realized there would be no playing happening. They found the body of a teenage boy wearing a bright yellow t-shirt, lying face-up in the ravine, in a cross-bearing pose. He had some scratches and bruises, but other than that there was no clear sign of injury or cause of death. One of the teen’s shoes was found nearby in a pile of rocks, but the other was never found. Once police were able to get to the scene, it took them a few hours to officially identify the body as that of 17-year-old Kurt Sova.

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