New clues sought in ’82 deaths of casino workers
By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee
The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office is seeking new information in the 1982 deaths of two Stateline casino employees whose bodies were found in the south fork of the American River several months after they disappeared from their home.
Julie Schossow and Marilyn Putt were close friends and both worked as blackjack dealers at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe where they were closely associated with other casino employees, according to a District Attorney’s Office news release. They were together when they disappeared from their home around midnight Jan. 12 or the early hours of Jan. 13, 1982.
Investigators believe both were kidnapped and held captive for approximately three months somewhere between South Lake Tahoe and Placerville.