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Loi Angelll, CA (Loa Angel•• Co.) Times (San Olego Ed.)

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f,r. 1888 utopsy shows nke died f neck lacerations V,7 ,,,- .> Anne Catherine ?wanke, the 22- by police about an hour later. Inves- year-old University of San Diego sen- tigators said the. car's emergency ior apparently abducted last week m lights were blmkmg, the left door La Mesa and whose body was found wa partially open and that Swanke's in a remote area of Spring Valley on pur e was found on the front seal Saturday, bled to death from exten- The keys and a flashlight were on the sive lacerations in her neck. accord- trunk, and an empty gas can was mg to the coroner's office. lymg in the street. Deputy Coroner Chari Kelley Swanke's father said an autopsy showed the cause of U D professor of death ·as hemorrhage due to th la- Plea~e see SWASK cerati He said sexual abuse has / John Swanke, a philosophy, said , B-2 S

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) .......,........... G: USD Student Sought by Authorities Contlnu d from. Pa« 1 Pror. Swank 1d Anne IS 5 feet, 6 inches tall and w 1ghs 125 to 130 pound . h has red and auburn- colored hall', blu ey and many freckles. When last een he was w anng white sweater with blue d 1gns and matching vest, black polyester pants and brown loafers. Anne wa w1thm five weeks of gr duatlng Crom USO. Amember of Zeta Tau sororl y, she was active in theater group , starring recently m th V rdi opera, "An Elbor of Love." he I o performed in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," ''Oklahoma!" nd "My Fair Lady" I t year, he was elected to Who's Who In Coll ge of America. Ann was graduated from Pat- nck H nry High School with hon- ors in 1979 Swanke said that on the night h daughter di ppeared sh attended a ronty m ting at USO, then w nt to visit her boyfrl nd, who 1s a student at San Diego tale Uni- versity She left his home at 12,30 am. "The emergency lights (on her car) were blinking. The gas can wa empty, lymg on the street, nght behind the gas tank opening," Swanke said. "The keys to the car w r on the trunk (and) the left 1d door was open like somebody w gongtogetmtothecar." JI L) M

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slain USD woman A memor1al fund has been estab- li hed at the Univer ity of San Diego in the name 61 Anne Catherme Swanke, 22, the USD senior who was slain last week. .;l._{f The victim's father, JonnSwanke, a philosophy professor at the univer- sity, said yesterday that his daughter wanted to be an opera singer and that he was starting the fund to aid others with similar goals. He said interest from the fund would be used to "help other singers get the education and training which they will need to become the opera singer on Earth that Anne wanted to be." The woman's body was found Sat- urday by a hiker rn a rcmot part of Spring Valley She wa last een dur- ing the early hours of Nov 20, carry ing a gasoline an to her stalled auto- mobile near Jarkson and Parkway drives. Those wishing to contnbute to the Anne C. Swanke Memorial Fund may end donations in care of Sara Finn. University of San Diego, San Diego 92110. The coroner's office said Swanke died of multiple stab wounds to her neck. Deputy Coroner William Leared said further tests are being conducted.

not bee, ruled out, pending addition al lab • •ory a lysis. / Kell y 1d the time of death could not be p po!ited, but that 1t proba- bly occ red Tuesday the day S'.\ anke disappeared after her car ran o~t of gas about 1-45 am m La Mesa No arrests have been made in the ca e AMass was said for Swanke today at USD's Foun er's Chapel. A rosary will be recited , t 7 p.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Grace Roman Cathohc Church m El C jon. A requiem Mass will be aid at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, ollowed by burial in Holy Cross Cemetery Paris-Freder- ick ortuary is in charge. Swanke · clothed body wa found about 10 a.m. Saturday on a remote hillside about a mile east of the east end of Elevator Road in Spring Val- ley by James :'de 'eely of Spring Val Icy, who had been biking m the are.i. La Mesa police said Swanke was last en carrying a can of gas t1• r car after running out of ar Jackson and Parkway Swanke lived in San Carlos. abandoned vehicle wa found

*Sw nke/r vnt1our-J From -I that on the night his daughter disap- peared, she had attended a sorority meetmg and later visited her boy- friend. a student at San Diego State nivers1ll, he left his home about 12:30 a.m. Swanke was nearing graduation from USD, where he was a member of Zeta Tau . orority and active m theater groups. U D spokeswoman Sara Finn said a reward fund established for infor- mation leading to the solution of the case now totals more than $3.000. Swanke wa born m Hammond, Ind She had lived in San Diego Coun- tv smce 1968. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America and the National Scholastic Honor Society for Colleges. She was named m "Who's Who in American Universi- ties." Besides her father, other survivors are Swanke's mother, Kathleen; three brothers, John. Thomas and Hugh, all of San Diego; two sisters, Adrienne Robbins and Julia Swanke, both of San Diego; and her paternal grandfather, Charles Swanke of Den- ver. The family suggests contributions to the Anne Swanke Memorial Fund in care of USO, San Diego 92110. /

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Swanke fund The rather of a University of San Diego student who was abducted and lcitled last week has asked that peo- ple contribute to a fund in her name so that a woman music student can fulfill his daughter's dreams of being an opera singer. -

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with promise, has been brutally snuffed out. Her considerable talents go with her to the grave. No one should underestimate the sadistic nature of the beasts who inhabit the human jungle. Just when one thinks the worst possible offense has been committed, along comes another scumbag whose meanness surpasses all the others. We now have the incredibly horrendous case of a 15-year-old girl in San Bernardino who was kidnaped on her way to school and taken to an isolated spot in the desert where a rape attempt occurred . Having failed in his sexual attack, the assailant then poured a caustic chemical on the girl's head and left her to die. She lived, but the acid ate away most of her face and blinded her. She is alive and undergoing reconstructive surgery, but her life has been ruined by a monster escaped from some earthly hell. Sickos abound in our society. Young women especially need t:o be aware of the dangers and avoid getting into situations like those which confronted Anne Swanke and the aspiring obstetrician in San Bernardino. Some of the inmates are running around outside the asylum - and nobody is safe until they're back in thei~

People must begin to understand that fact - and act in a way that enhances their own safety - if we are to avoid more tragedies like the one which befell Anne Catherine Swanke. The body of the 22-year-old San Carlos woman, an honor student at the ersit}'..0£ San Diego who dreamed of becoming a professional opera singer, was found by a hiker in a remote area of Spring Valley. Her throat had been slashed. Many would say that Swanke took an unacceptable risk for an attractive young woman when she started home early Tuesday morning after visiting a friend. She made a common mistake She did not keep a close enough watch on her gas gauge and ran out of gas on Jackson Drive just north of Fletcher Parkway. Swanke walked to a nearby gas station, purchased $1 worth of gas and returned to her car She put the gas into her car. Then - and we can only speculate here - she was abducted by one or more individuals who had stopped to offer assistance or who lurked nearby waiting for a chance to seize her and carry her off. The life of another young woman, this one filled