IN IN - Ann Kline, 26, math teacher @ Lockyear College, fatally stabbed (19 X), in the courthouse basement classroom, Evansville, 18 Jan 1973

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EVANSVILLE — Forty years after 26-year-old college teacher Ann Kline was stabbed to death in a basement alcove of the Old Courthouse, her case file of thousands of pages soon could go to a place it’s never been — the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office.

Evansville Police Department Detective Tony Mayhew has said for several years that he’s certain who killed Kline. He’s been building the case since receiving an anonymous telephone call nearly eight years ago from someone described as an ex-friend of the suspect.

The subsequent investigation has taken Mayhew to Texas, twice, and left him hopeful that one of Evansville’s oldest open homicide investigations still could be solved, despite the passage of so much time.


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UNSOLVED: 40 years later, Ann Kline's killing still being investigated

 

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EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -

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Police have had a suspect for years, and now they think that person may finally be held responsible.

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Eight years ago, Det. Mayhew got a phone tip that lead to a couple of trips to Texas, even an interview with the suspect who he says lives there.

"The suspect was at the courthouse the day it happened, and was supposed to meet with Ann Kline that day. From the thousands of interviews I've done over the years, I'm very positive this person did this. 100%," Det. Mayhew said.

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http://www.14news.com/story/22970966/40-year-evansville-murder-investigation-ongoing

video at link
http://www.14news.com/story/2297096...art=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9147935

 

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Bagbey recalls '73 case
By Garret Mathews

Steve Bagbey a rookie Evansville Police officer in January 1973 remembers sitting in the back of an ambulance next to the body of Ann Kline.

I had only been on the police two months. I hadn't even been to the academy, and here I was by myself with a murder victim, recalled Bagbey, who retired from the force in 1999 and recently as a member of the Evansville City Council.

We went down the old Division Street in front of Berry Plastics, and the vehicle ran over a lot of train tracks. Each time that would happen, the sheet would come down a little more and a little more until I could see bright red blood. It made you shudder.

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On duty

Bagbey was in a patrol car at the corner of Virginia and Governor streets when the call came in: at 3:34 p.m. on Jan. 18.

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I saw a white female with her dress pulled up. She had black pantyhose and was wearing a multicolored dress. I watched the coroner dip his hands in the blood and put some in a vial. There wasn't any such thing as gloves back in those days.

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Pat Wathen, a reporter for the Evansville Courier, helped cover the story for the newspaper.

It was my first big murder case in my career that started in 1968. It was so shocking because it was in the middle of the day. I had never seen so much blood. The body had been removed, but I'll never forget the odor, Wathen said.

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The detectives

Robert Hollis was one of the lead detectives on the case with Ray Hamner, Charlie Berlin and Gary Keene.

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We found blood on a white porcelain water fountain. A girl went outside about the time of the murder and when she came back a few minutes later, there was the fresh blood. I think the killer knew this area and came there to clean up.


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http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/jan/06/bagbeyrecalls73-case/


Another article:
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/jan/09/victimssisterseeksclosure/

 

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The 42-year-old detective said he hopes to give his case file to the Vanderburgh County prosecutor's office by the end of March. The suspect, he added, is an Evansville native.

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The suspect was in one of Mrs. Kline's classes, Mayhew said. It's possible that the suspect brought two small children to school that day, and it could be that the killing was committed in front of them. This was definitely a crime of passion.;

Kline's wedding ring and watch were still on the body, which ruled out robbery.

The murder weapon wasn't found, but Mayhew believes it was a double-edged knife.

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Why go so slow on this case? You only get one shot at taking a case to trial. What if down the road you find more evidence to make the case stronger?&quot; he said. It's better to take it step-by-step.

Adding to Mayhew's belief that he's on the right track, the caller claimed to be threatened by the suspect shortly after the interview.

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full article
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/jan/05/tip-leads-to-break-in-old-slaying/

old articles:

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http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=668457


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[BOESP]

I can't find any new press releases on this. Does anyone know of any updates? TIA

 

[jjw]

http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=668457


http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=668456


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http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=668436

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[BOESP]

Update found here:

http://103gbfrocks.com/the-citys-most-well-known-unsolved-murder-the-underbelly-of-evansville/

 

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Indiana Cold Case: The Murder of Ann Kline | 93.1 WIBC



For the past two decades, the case has been investigated by Det. Tony Mayhew. He's spent many long hours on the case, and believes he has been close several times. He went to Texas to interview a suspect, at least twice, and told media in 2000 and 2013, that an arrest may have been close. But, that hasn't happened.

"The suspect was at the courthouse the day it happened, and was supposed to meet with Ann Kline that day. From the thousands of interviews I've done over the years, I'm very positive this person did this. 100%," he told WFIE TV.

He also said at one point that the suspect cut his hand at the crime scene, and Mayhew believed that blood typing could produce a match.

 

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Cold Case: Math Professor Slain in Brutal Stabbing - 44News | Evansville, IN

 

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Snippets of lengthy article.

Sister speaks out for the first time 51 years after the 1973 Evansville, Indiana, murder of Ann Kline

The 26-year-old math teacher at Lockhart College in Evansville, Indiana was killed inside the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse on January 18, 1973.

www.nbcnews.com

March 10, 2024, By Nicolás Viñuela

''The Murder of Ann Kline​

It was January 18, 1973.

Ann Kline was working as a math teacher at Lockyear College in Evansville, Indiana, where she had moved with her husband, Bob Kline, after he got a job there in the late 1960s.''

''According to Det. Powers, one of Ann’s students came into her classroom in the courthouse basement sometime around 3 p.m. regarding a grade on an assignment. He also worked as a custodian in the courthouse. “She told him that she wasn’t finished grading [the assignment] yet,” Det. Powers told Dateline. “He left her classroom, and a few minutes later he heard screaming.”

“She was stabbed nineteen times, actually, with the fatal stab wound being the one that pierced her heart,” Det. Powers told Dateline. “[The stabs] were primarily in the chest area. I think she had one on her arm and one — if not more — to her face.”

In 2013, NBC affiliate 14 News quoted the former lead detective in Ann’s case, Evansville Police Department Detective Tony Mahew, as saying “‘the suspect was at the courthouse the day it happened, and was supposed to meet with Ann Kline that day. From the thousands of interviews I’ve done over the years, I’m very positive this person did this. 100%.’” The person Mahew was referring to was not named''.

 

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Snippets of lengthy article.

Sister speaks out for the first time 51 years after the 1973 Evansville, Indiana, murder of Ann Kline

The 26-year-old math teacher at Lockhart College in Evansville, Indiana was killed inside the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse on January 18, 1973.

www.nbcnews.com

March 10, 2024, By Nicolás Viñuela
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''The Murder of Ann Kline​

It was January 18, 1973.

Ann Kline was working as a math teacher at Lockyear College in Evansville, Indiana, where she had moved with her husband, Bob Kline, after he got a job there in the late 1960s.''

''According to Det. Powers, one of Ann’s students came into her classroom in the courthouse basement sometime around 3 p.m. regarding a grade on an assignment. He also worked as a custodian in the courthouse. “She told him that she wasn’t finished grading [the assignment] yet,” Det. Powers told Dateline. “He left her classroom, and a few minutes later he heard screaming.”

“She was stabbed nineteen times, actually, with the fatal stab wound being the one that pierced her heart,” Det. Powers told Dateline. “[The stabs] were primarily in the chest area. I think she had one on her arm and one — if not more — to her face.”

In 2013, NBC affiliate 14 News quoted the former lead detective in Ann’s case, Evansville Police Department Detective Tony Mahew, as saying “‘the suspect was at the courthouse the day it happened, and was supposed to meet with Ann Kline that day. From the thousands of interviews I’ve done over the years, I’m very positive this person did this. 100%.’” The person Mahew was referring to was not named'