MN MN - Kelly Robinson, 22, asphyxiated, floating in Luverne gravel pit, 28 May 1984

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Kelly Robinson's slaying has gone unsolved for roughly 40 years. Investigators say they know who likely killed her, but do not have enough evidence to bring charges

“I know very few details on the case,” Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge told Forum News Service in a recent statement. “No one in this office was working here when this occurred."

Her case was featured in the 2008 Playing cards display Minnesota cold cases , and her sister has remained an avid advocate.

Playing cards display Minnesota cold cases

WORTHINGTON -- On May 28, 1984, a young woman's body was found floating in a gravel pit a mile outside of Luverne. Authorities believe Kelly Robinson, who had been living in Sioux Falls, S.D. at the time of her death, died of asphyxiation at the ...

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“They believe they know who it is but just don’t have the DNA,” Verbrugge told the Argus-Leader in 2007

Her body was found in a gravel pit in 1984. Investigators think they know who did it

Kelly Robinson was 22-years-old when her body was found floating in gravel pit pond on Memorial Day 1984. Investigators allowed the case to go cold after being unable to prove their theory.

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Her body was found in a gravel pit in 1984. Investigators think they know who did it

Kelly Robinson was 22-years-old when her body was found floating in gravel pit pond on Memorial Day 1984. Investigators allowed the case to go cold after being unable to prove their theory.

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Newspaper archives from the years following her death indicate law enforcement honed in on a Sioux Falls man who was already serving a 200-year rape sentence, and was known to be a repeat offender.

The circumstantial evidence seemed to line up.

Robinson disappeared from Sioux Falls just days before she was discovered — and the convicted rapist’s wife told investigators she saw cockleburs, which were prevalent in the area Robinson’s body was found, on his clothes.

 

[mlhenn]

Playing cards display Minnesota cold cases

WORTHINGTON -- On May 28, 1984, a young woman's body was found floating in a gravel pit a mile outside of Luverne. Authorities believe Kelly Robinson, who had been living in Sioux Falls, S.D. at the time of her death, died of asphyxiation at the ...

www.dglobe.com

 

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https://portal.dps.mn.gov/bca/unsolved-cases/ColdCasePlayingCardsDocuments/RobinsonKelly.pdf