Jdart14
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What would have been the newspaper serving Huntsville in 1980?[/QUOTE
Huntsville item maybe
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What would have been the newspaper serving Huntsville in 1980?[/QUOTE
Huntsville item maybe
I was wondering that same thing.I know that it does not get us any closer to finding the identity of our girl but does anyone here have an opinion on the Arrest of Thomas Darnell in the cold case of Laura Purchase? She was also strangled and assaulted.....not far down I45 around the same timeframe.
when WCJD was found she was found North of Huntsville on I45. she was was first seen at the South End Gulf Station its address would have been state highway 75 then the Hitchin Post its address was also on 75. at the time 45 was under construction
They don’t say the exact color. It was lost so all we have is a description saying brown/smokey/bluish depending on the source.Could it be possible The smokey Blue stone pendant she wore could have represented a birthstone like September? I know mood rings, Birthstones, and crystals were popular during the 1970s. Maybe she was born in September 1964 or 1965
Houston is the closest large city, about 70 miles away.What radio stations served Huntsville? And TV?
For research, maybe the research librarians at the Huntsville library could find local articles about her?
You could always go to the Walker County Sheriffs Department and ask for a copy of the original police report. Its a 50/50 chance they will share anything with you but its worth a try if you want to dig deep into her case.
I did find a article on Newspaper.com on a 26 year old who was in prison for strangling a 14 year old dated August 22, 1980. But I couldn't find nothing at all related to her.
I can’t find anything online from the time. The library might be the only place they exist.For research, maybe the research librarians at the Huntsville library could find local articles about her?
I can’t find anything online from the time. The library might be the only place they exist.
The only thing I've ever found in the news is from the Fort Worth-Star Telegram, dated 2/15/1981 in an article about the "Chain of prostitute slayings in Texas investigated". Pertinent portion attached.
full article for those with a subscription:
15 Feb 1981, 24 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com
I'm sure thats been tried by someone in the last 40 years but it being a ongoing homicide investagation the are probably tight lipped I also have reservation that the necklace is missing it might be the only thing they have for someone to identify it.You could always go to the Walker County Sheriffs Department and ask for a copy of the original police report. Its a 50/50 chance they will share anything with you but its worth a try if you want to dig deep into her case.
I did find a article on Newspaper.com on a 26 year old who was in prison for strangling a 14 year old dated August 22, 1980. But I couldn't find nothing at all related to her.
Without the science yet to come all they could do was guesstimate in 1981. Being suspicious she was a prostitute was icky of them.That’s a great find. Crazy they thought she might have been as old as 22 in 1981.
Re WCJD: "She had been sexually molested in the same way as the others. She had not been raped."The only thing I've ever found in the news is from the Fort Worth-Star Telegram, dated 2/15/1981 in an article about the "Chain of prostitute slayings in Texas investigated". Pertinent portion attached.
full article for those with a subscription:
15 Feb 1981, 24 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram at Newspapers.com