Judith Mae “Judy” Anderson, age 15
BIRTH 22 Oct 1941
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 17 Aug 1957 (aged 15)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown
Summary:
Judith Mae Andersen, 15, was the only daughter of four children born to Ralph and Ruth Andersen of Chicago, Illinois...
On 16 August 1957, a Sunday night, Judy phoned her mother at 11:00 pm to ask if she could stay later at her friend's house to finish watching a movie. Her mother said no, and Judy began the 20-minute walk home alone, three quarters of a mile away.
She never arrived home.
On 22 August 1957, an oil drum was discovered in Chicago's Montrose Harbor. It contained body parts, but police were unable to identify the victim.
On 24 August another drum was found, containing a human head, two hands, and an arm. The body was positively identified as Judith Mae Andersen. She had been shot four times in the head.
No one has ever been charged with her death.
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