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GRIFFITH  DAVIS

News Organization: FREELANCE

Died 1985

Location: GUATEMALA

War: GUATEMALA CIVIL WAR

Bio:

Disappeared March 29 and presumed dead. A longtime Guatemalan resident, he was last seen traveling into guerrilla territory in El Quiche Province with U.S. freelance writer Nicholas Blake, who wanted to contact guerrillas for a story. Davis, 38, was a photographer from Scranton, Pa. He lived in Panajachel, a largely foreign community on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.