MD MD - Joan Ann Charlton 19, Allegany County, 13 September 1983

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Age: 19
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Date Reported Missing:
Date of Death:
Date of Recovery: 9/13/1983
Cause: Stabbing
County: Allegany
Referring Case Number: O-52-07114
Joan Ann Charlton was a student at Frostburg College and had been with friends in a dorm on campus until approximately 5:00 a.m. on September 11, 1983 when she started walking back to her door room across campus. Joan Ann Charlton never arrived at her dorm and was reported missing by a fellow student. The body of Joan Ann Charlton was recovered in the arboretum on the campus of Frostburg College in Allegheny County, MD.

Murdered on the campus? this one should have been closed ages ago

 

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She was stabbed 19 times. Law enforcement put a lot of work into attempting to solve this

Cold Case Investigations: What happened to Joann Charlton?

FROSTBURG, Md. (WDVM)– Every year, parents across the country send their kids off to college. But for one, they never saw their daughter again. What started out as a normal day at college sud…

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Photo comes from above source.

 

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Jul 09, 2024

The unsettled spirit in the arboretum

Charlton, a Baltimore City resident, had last been seen by friends in a dorm until around 5 a.m. on September 11, 1983, when she left to head back to her dorm room.

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''Her family told a WMAR-2 News reporter covering the story at the time that she'd been planning to move dorm rooms because she'd been having issues with her roommate.''

''Some believe her ghost still haunts the arboretum.
Her case certainly continues to haunt Maryland State Police, who have been investigating the case for more than 40 years now.''

 

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"She's not from the area," Taylor explained, "so she didn't have a very large footprint in that town or that college at the time, her roommate and her didn't get along. So she was in the process of moving or switching roommates, either that week or the week after that she was found."

1983 Frostburg student murder: Who killed Joan Ann Charlton?

As a college freshman in September 1983, Charlton went to a party and reportedly went back to her dorm to do laundry, Taylor said. Her friends never saw her again.

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