Photos: The search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson in 1984-85
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Eight-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, who lived with her family the Flowing Wells area northwest of Tucson, went missing on September 17, 1984. She rode her bike to a nearby Circle K to deliver some letters. A man driving a car with California plates was seen talking to her on her way back home.
On September 20, Frank Jarvis Atwood, a convicted sex offender, was arrested in Texas and charged with kidnapping.
A man walking near the end of Ina Road west of Interstate 10 found a small human skull on April 12, 1985. Investigators found more bones. Authorities, using dental records, confirmed it was the remains of Vicki Lynne.
On May 16, a Pima County Grand Jury indicted Atwood on charges of first-degree murder in connection with Vicki Lynne's death. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death.
More than 500 people attended her funeral on May 30.
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Pima County Sheriff's deputies talk to children in the neighborhood near where Vicki Lynne's bicycle was found during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 17, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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Pima County Sheriff's Det. Gary Dhaemers talks with neighborhood resident Vickie Marshall during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 18, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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Undated photo of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, who was murdered by Frank Jarvis Atwood in 1984.
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Pima County Sheriff's deputies check for physical evidence during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 17, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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A Pima County Sheriff's deputy talks to a neighborhood boy during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 17, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 18, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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Volunteers coordinate their search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 18, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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Pima County Sheriff's detectives coordinate their search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on Sept. 18, 1984 near Homer Davis Elementary School on Romero Road, Tucson.
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Law enforcement officers during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, 8, in Tucson in 1984.
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A billboard for missing girl Vicki Lynne Hoskinson in Tucson in 1984.
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Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, left, speaking at during a press conference on Sept. 20, 1984, to announce the arrest of two men in connection with the abduction of Vicki Lynn Hoskinson. Others pictured: County Attorney Steve Neely and FBI agents Dick Swinson and Richard Rogers.
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Arraignment of Frank Jarvis Atwood in 1985. He was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson.
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Thelma Hoskinson, right, grandmother of Vicki Lynn Hoskinson, cries during a press conference on Sept. 20, 1984, announcing the arrest of two men in connection with Vicki Lynne's abduction and death.
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Forensic investigators from the PIma County Office of Medical Examiner and the University of Arizona survey an area where the bones of a child were found that were thought to be those of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on April 15, 1985
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Forensic investigators from the PIma County Office of Medical Examiner and the University of Arizona survey an area where the bones of a child were found that were thought to be those of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on April 15, 1985
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The Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter hovers during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on April 12, 1985 at the end of Ina Road, west of Interstate 10.
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Members of Southern Arizona Rescue Association and Pima County Sheriff's deputies coordinate search during for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on April 12, 1985 at the end of Ina Road, west of Interstate 10.
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A member of the Pima County Sheriff's Posse on horseback rides west on Ina Road during the search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson on April 12, 1985 at the end of Ina Road, west of Interstate 10.
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Children cry as the casket of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson is carried during graveside services on May 30, 1985 at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson.
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Debbie Carlson collapses in grief over the casket with the body of her daughter, Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, during graveside services on May 30, 1985 at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson.
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Judges say witnesses should be allowed to hear what is happening in death chamber at executions.
Arizona is ready to carry out its first two executions in seven years, the attorney general told the high court Tuesday. Both could take place before the end of 2021, his office says.
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover is not seeking to overturn the death sentence imposed on Frank Jarvis Atwood in the 1984 killing of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, but has asked for time to review the case and how it was handled.
