IN IN- Vicki Harrell, 25, Bloomington, August 1972,

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Case Number 31-01359​

Case Date: 08/12/1972

Age: 25

Sex: Female

Race: Caucasian

County: Owen

Location of Offense: Concord Road, Spencer, Indiana

Circumstances: On August 12, 1972, Vickie Lynn Harrell was last observed getting into her dark blue 1965 Plymouth Valiant 4 door at the K-Mart parking lot on the east side of Bloomington, Indiana. On August 13, 1972, Harrell's roommate reported her missing to Bloomington Police. On August 14, 1972, Harrell's vehicle was found in a parking lot near the College Mall in Bloomington, Indiana. On the same day, Harrell's body was discovered in Owen county on an access road to McCormick's Creek State Park, approximately 2.5 miles east of Spencer, Indiana. Harrell's body was nude and there was evidence that she had been strangled. A knife or sharp instrument had been used to carve two alpha characters on her chest, post-mortem.


Anyone with information concerning any of these cases, please contact:


Indiana State Police
District Investigative Commander
1500 North Packinghouse Road
Suite 200
Bloomington, IN 47404
1.812.332.4411 or 1.800.423.1286

 

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Bloomington woman's death unsolved after 40 years

Some family members agreed to be interviewed for this story only if their last names were omitted in order to protect the privacy of their families. Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call the Indiana State Police at 812-332-4411.

www.tmnews.com

Detectives had tracked a prescription drug salesman, a man in his mid-40s, who had circled southern Illinois and Missouri around the dates of nearly a dozen murders, all young women like Harrell.

The salesman had been in Bloomington the night Harrell disappeared.

The pieces fit for Jackson, but the end result on paper was nothing more than circumstantial. When the man’s family stepped in, moving him to a Kentucky mental hospital, Jackson’s investigation came to the end of its road. It haunted him for years.

 

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Not to be confused with another victim with the same name

TX - TX - Vicki Harrell, 21, Dallas, 19 March 1976 *found dead @ home by husband*

Cold Case Tuesday – Vicki Harrell The Dallas Police Department continues to investigate the homicide of 21-year-old Vicki Harrell. Ms. Harrell was found dead by her husband in their apartment in the 1000 block of Ann Street on March 19, 1976, at approximately 10:30 pm. During the...

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This newspaper clipping says the letters  KN were carved on her lower chest

The Indianapolis Star 16 Aug 1972, page Page 21 - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from The Indianapolis Star dated 16 Aug 1972, page Page 21.

www.newspapers.com

 

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Not to be confused with another victim with the same name

TX - TX - Vicki Harrell, 21, Dallas, 19 March 1976 *found dead @ home by husband*

Cold Case Tuesday – Vicki Harrell The Dallas Police Department continues to investigate the homicide of 21-year-old Vicki Harrell. Ms. Harrell was found dead by her husband in their apartment in the 1000 block of Ann Street on March 19, 1976, at approximately 10:30 pm. During the...

www.websleuths.com

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