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Indiana Unsolved: Trisha Kay Meredith, 19, stabbed in apartment laundry area
Note: Recall Detective Carter said this case is not believed to be related to Carmen Van Huss's murder. Just thought I'd mention it now for anyone who might have missed it.
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - FEATURED IN - Carmen Van Huss, 19, Indianapolis, 22-23 March 1993
Another murder where witnesses heard screams but failed to act. :tsktsk:June 26, 2013, IndyStar
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Trisha Kay Meredith
The Crime
Trisha Kay Meredith, 19, was found dead April 7, 1986, stabbed more than 20 times. She was killed in the laundry building of the Spring Hill Apartments, 4500 block of Glenarm Drive on Indianapolis’ Northwestside. She was not raped, but the condition of her clothes indicated the killer might initially have intended to rape her.
Tricia and her boyfriend, David Fain, had moved into the complex about a week before her slaying.
The couple had taken clothes to the laundry area about 6 p.m. and loaded a washer together. Fain then returned to their apartment and spoke to a relative by phone. About 6:45 p.m., he returned to the laundry building and found Tricia dead.
Their laundry, police said at the time, had been moved from the washer to the dryer. The washer cycle of the machines there took 25 to 30 minutes, narrowing the time of the murder to about a 10- to 15-minute window.
The weather was nice that day, and people had been outside at the time, including a group hitting golf balls nearby. They told police they had heard screams — but apparently had not thought someone was in distress. They had not tried to find out what was happening, nor did they call police.
No one reported having seen anyone running away.
Tricia was wearing a silver wristwatch on her left arm, a gold ring with a heart on her left fourth finger, a “delicate gold necklace” and pierced earrings with white, pink and red hearts, according to the autopsy report.
She had on sneakers, white shorts and a red T-shirt that read, “You have come a long way, baby!”
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If you know something:
Call Strode or Sgt. Dave Ellison at (317) 327-3426. Anyone who wants to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS.
[much more to this article at IndyStar.com]
Note: Recall Detective Carter said this case is not believed to be related to Carmen Van Huss's murder. Just thought I'd mention it now for anyone who might have missed it.
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - FEATURED IN - Carmen Van Huss, 19, Indianapolis, 22-23 March 1993