Missing
Donnie Dale Lee
RESOLVED
Lee, approximately 2016
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/01/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Squaw Valley, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 61 years old
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Lee disappeared from Squaw Valley, California on November 1, 2016. In April 2019, his remains were found buried forty miles east of Fresno, California, on land owned by Buford King.
That same month, the body of Alberto Contreras, who had been missing 2011, was found The previous month, the body of Aleksey Shelest, who had been Date and time person was reported missing : 2016, was found on the same property where Lee's was found. King has been charged with all three murders, and police believe there could be other victims as well.
Other information and links : ncy
Fresno County Sheriff's Department
559-600-3111
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
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The Los Angeles Times
October 12, 2004. August 5, 2019; case resolved.
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