Diane Olkwitz 1966 COLD CASE WI

[Ms. Sleuth]

WI Cold Case: Diane Olkwitz
Menomonee Falls, WI secretary at Kenworth Manufacturing Co. stabbed over 100 times. Murder has yet to be solved. Here is a link with all the information surrounding the case. This article has been newly released and has all the updated information related to Diane's case.

In 1966, a Menomonee Falls secretary was stabbed more than 100 times. Her murder has never been solved.

 

[Richard]

Police name killer for murders of 19-year-old Diane Olkwitz, 15-year-old Terri Lee Erdmann​

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct. 25, 2023

More than 50 years after the murders of two young women, in 1966 and 1971, police say they know who killed them.

During a joint news conference Wednesday by the Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee police departments, officials said they have solved the 1966 murder of 19-year-old Diane Olkwitz and the 1971 murder of 15-year-old Terri Lee Erdmann...

LINKS:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/10/25/police-name-killer-in-milwaukee-area-cold-cases/71256737007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119037d00----v119037d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=136&gca-ds=sophi

Police, DNA link man to two cold case murders more than 50 years later

Two cold case murders are now solved. Police say Clarence Tappendorf, now dead himself, killed two teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s.

www.wisn.com

A Half-Century Later, Diane Olkwitz's and Terri Erdmann's Killer is Identified

Wisconsin DOJ & FBI Leverage Othram’s Genetic Testing Platform to Solve the Murders of Diane Olkwitz and Terri Erdmann

dnasolves.com

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172569072/clarence_marcus-tappendorf

 

[Gators North]

I think it’s wonderful that DNA is solving many of these old cold cases, but at the same time, it seems that many of the identified killers are either deceased themselves or very elderly. So, they won’t face justice in this life. JMO