IL IL- Nanette Hartman, 14, Stabbed with Butcher knives 62 times @ home, Aurora, *New Initiative, DNA*

[dotr]

2 June 1965
Sept 17 2022

Column: Aurora cold case killing, nearly six decades old, ‘absolutely has a shot’ at being solved

As cold cases go, this Aurora killing had all but become frozen in time. June 2, 1965, to be exact. That’s when a 14-year-old girl named Nanette Hartman, finishing up her final days at Simmon…

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Article clipped from Alton Evening Telegraph

Clipping found in Alton Evening Telegraph published in Alton, Illinois on 6/4/1965.

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[MadMcGoo]

62 times?! Mercy.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I can’t imagine the horror her sister and mother felt walking into the house to find her. Apparently there were witnesses who saw the killer.

3 Jun 1965, Page 39 - The Decatur Daily Review at Newspapers.com

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5 Jun 1965, 5 - The Belleville News-Democrat at Newspapers.com

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15 Jun 1965, 14 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com

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4 Jul 1965, 7 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com

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[darmela]

DNA is currently being tested from the crime scene, and they are awaiting the results. Hopefully there will finally be closure for her family. Her 94-year-old mother is still alive.

Column: Aurora detective still waiting on DNA results in hopes of solving cold-case killing

Editor’s note: This column is part of the Faces of 2022 series looking back at those in the news in the Aurora area this year. Fifty-seven years after a 14-year-old Aurora girl was stabbed to…

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