"To this day, former Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh is haunted by the night he responded to a call about a dying woman on an Urbana porch.
An Urbana patrol officer on Sept. 14, 1974, Walsh was one of the first to arrive on the grisly scene: 25-year-old Classie May Ragland, bleeding from multiple stab wounds, desperately fighting for her life...
Nearly 45 years after the young Urbana mother's murder, area law enforcement remains stumped. How she died — and how she used her final breaths, telling first responders that her baby boy was nearby — only adds to the multitude of reasons investigators remain determined to find the killer.
"That was one of the things that Classie May, even in her last moments, was concerned about her son," Urbana police Sgt. Mike Cervantes said. "She said her baby was still in the house.""
1974 Cold Case: Murder of Classie May Ragland
An Urbana patrol officer on Sept. 14, 1974, Walsh was one of the first to arrive on the grisly scene: 25-year-old Classie May Ragland, bleeding from multiple stab wounds, desperately fighting for her life...
Nearly 45 years after the young Urbana mother's murder, area law enforcement remains stumped. How she died — and how she used her final breaths, telling first responders that her baby boy was nearby — only adds to the multitude of reasons investigators remain determined to find the killer.
"That was one of the things that Classie May, even in her last moments, was concerned about her son," Urbana police Sgt. Mike Cervantes said. "She said her baby was still in the house.""
1974 Cold Case: Murder of Classie May Ragland
