The case of two girls, 12 and 13 years old, who were murdered in Yuba County 43 years ago has finally been solved, with the arrests of two men. Sheriff Steve Durfor says Valerie Lane and Doris Derryberry, both from Olivehurst, were reported as runaways, about a day after they went shopping at a local mall. He says hunters found the bodies alongside a dirt road near Camp Far West Lake near Wheatland…

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Durfor says the case was suspended in 1976, about three years later, after over 60 interviews but no successful leads. Then, in March of 2014, the case was reviewed again. He says evidence collected during the original investigation was reviewed and submitted to the California Department of Justice…

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65-year-old William Harbour has lived in the Olivehurst area the entire time. 65-year-old Don Patterson was also around for a while after the murders were committed, but was arrested in Oklahoma.