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Jan 2024
44m 31s

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Hugues de la Plaza

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When a 36-year-old man is found stabbed to death in his apartment, it’s just the beginning of a locked room mystery that has his family convinced he was murdered, but the police convinced it might be something far stranger.

If you have any information on the death of Hugues de la Plaza, please contact the San Francisco Police Department at 1-415-553-0123. If you’d like to stay anonymous, you can reach their anonymous tip line at 1-415-575-4444.

 

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