OH OH - Kathy Wiltrout Bevington, 27, Springfield Township, 4 October 1972

[OkieGranny]

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-...ds-in-1972-murder-of-kathy-wiltrout-bevington

Wearing a white and red striped dress, Kathy went to work on Oct. 4, 1972 at the Massillon Road Pharmacy in Springfield Township. Her husband, Jay Bevington, reported her missing that evening. He had returned from work to find his two children, ages eight and nine, at their Franklin Township home, but not Kathy.

Kathy's brother, James Wiltrout, said the disappearance was baffling, as she appeared to vanish from the store, leaving behind her purse, keys and car...

A pharmacist, Al Smith, reported seeing Kathy in the store around 11:30 a.m. Around that time, he also noticed Kathy talking to a man who had sandy-colored hair and appeared to be in his 20s. After Smith waited on a customer, he realized Kathy was no longer in the pharmacy.

http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20140802/NEWS/140809849?template=mobileArticle

The 27-year-old mother of two wasn’t found until weeks later, on Nov. 15, when a hunter found her body in a wooded area just off Kreighbaum and Raber roads NW, just west of the Stark County line. The Facebook page said she was stabbed at least nine times in the back and head.

Wiltrout said Bevington still was wearing her wedding ring, a Linde Star sapphire ring, and a watch her grandmother had purchased in Switzerland, a watch that Wiltrout estimated was worth more than $3,000.

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/kathywiltroutbevington

 

[dogperson]

Well, we know it wasn't robbery because the article says she was still wearing her jewelry. I wonder how this man got her to leave the store with him, leaving her purse behind? Maybe he pulled a knife or gun on her?

 

[Sulamith]

Maybe she knew her killer so went with him/her willingly. That person (Having some crisis?) could have asked her to take a quick break and she got in the car to talk to the person. Besides the pharmacist, were there any other employees working with her? If so, did they see anything? Maybe she told a co-worker she would be right back and ask them to cover for her. Strange to me that she would just walk out of the pharmacy without telling anybody she was leaving. MOO

 

[rosesfromangels]

Such a beautiful woman. Sounds like this guy was a lover, and she tried to break it off. That would be my speculation. Or, someone she knew who had some obsession with her. Women that good looking tend to become the objects of obsessed and unrequited suitors. If I had to speculate further, I'd say you won't have to look too far beyond her/her husband's close circle of friends to find the Perp.

 

[dotr]

Ws thread.
OH- Gustave Sapharas,75 *arrested* 1970 & 1975 Cold case murders, Tallmadge, 10 Sep 2019
Sept 11 2019
Detectives taking fresh look at 1972 cold case murder
"UNIONTOWN, Ohio — Summit County detectives plan to re-examine an unsolved 1972 murder after the arrest of a Stark County man who was recently charged with two other area murders from the 1970s.

Gustave Sapharas, 75, of Jackson Township, was arrested last Friday at his apartment, days after a Summit County grand jury handed down an eight-count indictment against him. Charges against the senior citizen include kidnapping, attempted rape and aggravated murder.

Tallmadge police said they have evidence linking Sapharas to the the 1970 murder of Karen Bentz and the 1975 murder of Loretta Davis. Bentz's body was found on Indian Hills Drive in Tallmadge. Davis' body was discovered on the side of Congress Lake Road in Portage County."

Summit County detectives taking fresh look at 1972 cold case murder of Kathy Wiltrout Bevington
Sept 11, 2019

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury trial begins for 78-year-old man accused of killing 2 Tallmadge women in the 1970s

Gustave Sapharas was arrested at his Jackson Township home by Tallmadge police on Sept. 6, 2019.

www.cleveland19.com

Summit County Sheriff deputies said Sapharas is also being looked at as a possible suspect in the 1972 murder of Kathy Wiltrout Bevington, 27.

She was found in the area of Kreighbaum and Raber Roads.

 

[Fede]

He is a good suspect. Here we have another article. It has a police picture from Sapharas from 1975. Maybe somebody can check it with the man with "sandy-colored hair".
Both her victims had been stabbed and he is a serial rapist (was Kathy raped?).

Twenty years of terror: What we know about Gustave Sapharas' brushes with the law

Summit County prosecutors say Gustave Sapharas terrorized women for more than 20 years, from the early '70s until the early '90s.

news.yahoo.com