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Show Utah Law Officers Continue Search For Girl Murderer Investigation is still underway for the slayer of the 16-year-old Vernal girl who was found murdered mur-dered Sunday afternoon in the Ashley Upper Canal, four miles south of Vernal. Thursday morning Uintah County Coun-ty Sheriff Herbert Snyder was out of town checking on three suspects. sus-pects. It was reported that an inquest was held Wednesday, but the findings are unknown. Residents of Vernal have posted post-ed a $1000 reward for "information which results in the ' arrest and conviction of any person respsons-ible respsons-ible for the death." An additional $500 was offered by the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain network. The victim. Miss Norma Rode-beck, Rode-beck, had been missing for four days prior to the discovery of her body. She was last seen alive shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday night after she left the drug store where she was employed. Her body was discovered face up at the edge of the water underneath a tree. Black and blue marks on her chin indicated Miss Rodebeck had been choked Bruise marks were found' on her legs and arms and an upholstery clamp from a car seat was embedded em-bedded in her elbow. "She was definitely criminally assaulted," Sheriff Snyder said. Search is continuing for two men with badly scrtached faces who were reported seen hitchhiking hitch-hiking out of Roosevelt Monday morning. They were reported to De aDout 19 ana ju years old. Miss Rodebeck was born Dec. 29, 1939 in Vernal. She had just completed her junior year at the Uintah County High School as an honor student. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Rodebeck of Vernal, four brothers and three sisiters. Funeral services were held Thursday. |