Sonja McCaskie

Sonja McCaskie (February 19, 1939 – April 5, 1963)cite web
last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = NevadaLabor.com News Bulletins | work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.nevadalabor.com/bulletins06.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-07-04 ] was a British alpine skier who participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

McCaskie lived in Reno, Nevada and was working as a skiing instructor at a nearby ski resort when she was brutally murdered, decapitated & mutilated by 18 year old Thomas Lee Bean.cite web
last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = POLICE FIND HEADLESS BODY OF GIRL SKIER IN RENO | work = Chicago Tribune | publisher = | date = April 7, 1963 | url = http://va004.newsbank.com/img-ctha/ob/1963/04/07/19630407ob004.txt | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-07-04 ] cite web | last = Riley | first = Brendan | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Nevada lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty for juveniles | work = | publisher = | date = 2005-04-28 | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2005/apr/28/042810250.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-07-04 ] Bean was sentenced to death for the murder but was taken off death row in 1970 and remains in the Nevada State Prison.

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* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=4019 British Olympic Association profile of Sonja McCaskie]