Deceased/Not Found OH - Kathern "Kathy, Kit" Fetzer, 26, Medina, 26 November 1991

[Sleuth91]

Kathern G Fetzer
NamUs

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Demographics
Missing Age: 26 Years
Current Age: 55 Years
First Name: Kathern
Middle Name: G
Last Name: Fetzer
Nickname/Alias: Kathy, Kit
Sex: Female
Height: 5' 0" (60 Inches)
Weight: 100 - 120 lbs
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: November 26, 1991
NamUs Case Created: May 3, 2011
Last Known Location Map
Location: Medina, Ohio
County: Medina County
Missing From Tribal Land: --
Primary Residence on Tribal Land: --
Circumstances of Disappearance: She left a note saying she was going to the mall. Her car was found abandoned 25 miles from her home, the day after she was reported missing.

Physical Description
Hair Color: Sandy
Left Eye Color: Blue
Right Eye Color: Blue

Distinctive Physical Features
No Known Information

Clothing and Accessories
Clothing: White knee lenght cotton coat

Transportation
No Information Entered

6 Unidentified Person Exclusions
NamUs Case # | Date Body Found | Location Body Found
UP5325 | 05/01/1995 | Champaign, IL
UP6279 | 12/18/1996 | Fairfax, VA
UP12683 | 06/06/2014 | Newport News, VA
UP1012 | 06/04/1992 | Berks, PA
UP8493 | 12/06/1993 | Fairfax, VA
UP8465 | 10/31/1995 | Mahoning, OH

Investigating Agency
Medina Police Department (Case Owner)
Address: Medina, Ohio
County: --
Main Phone: (330) 725-7777
General Email: --
Website URL: --
Agency Case Number: 91-3230
Date Reported: November 29, 1991
Investigator: Jeff Smith, Det.

Case Contributor
Lisa Savage, Law Enforcement at
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Address: 1560 State Route 56 Southwest, London, Ohio 43140
County: Madison County
Main Phone: --
General Email: --
Website URL: --

 

[Sleuth91]

Kathern Fetzer
Source: Ohio Attorney General

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Nickname or alias: Kathy, Kit
Missing from: Medina, Ohio
Missing since: 11/26/1991
Missing age: 26
Current age: 55
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 120
Hair color: Sandy
Eye color: Blue
Details: Kathern left a note saying she was going to the mall. Her car was found abandoned 25 miles from her home, the day after she was reported missing. Her car was found near the apartment of a coworker, Christopher Below. In 2003, Christopher Below confessed to shooting Kathern in his apartment. He claims to have disposed of her remains in a trash bin.

Contact: Anyone with additional information or questions regarding this case should contact Medina Police Department at (330) 725-7777.

Suspect: Christopher Below

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[Pennysmom2]

Kathern G. Fetzer – The Charley Project

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Fetzer, circa 1991; Christopher Below

• Missing Since 11/26/1991
• Missing From Medina, Ohio
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 08/26/1965 (58)
• Age 26 years old
• Height and Weight 5'0 - 5'1, 100 - 120 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A white knee-length cotton coat.
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• Medical Conditions Fetzer suffers from migraine headaches and asthma and takes medication for both conditions. She left her medicine behind.
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• Associated Vehicle(s) Blue 1985 Ford Tempo (accounted for)
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Sandy brown hair, blue/green eyes. Fetzer's nicknames are Kathy and Kit.

Details of Disappearance​

Fetzer was last seen in her home on Lafayette Road in Medina, Ohio on November 26, 1991. She left a note behind for her husband of five years, saying she was restless and was going to a local mall to window shop. She never returned.

Fetzer's husband reported her missing. She took her purse and overcoat with her when she disappeared, but did left behind her clothes, medicine, checkbook and all her credit cards. She also left a load of laundry in the washing machine.

Police found Fetzer's car, a blue 1985 Ford Tempo, locked and abandoned 25 miles from her home on the day after she was reported missing. It was parked on a gravel truck turnaround along an abandoned railroad line off State Route 83, just south of Lodi, Ohio, near the Wayne County line. There was no sign of Fetzer at the scene, and no fingerprints, bloodstains or other clues inside the vehicle, which contained some of her belongings.

Fetzer was having an extramarital affair with a married coworker, Christopher J. Below, at the time of her disappearance. A photograph of him is posted with this case summary. He lived not far from where Fetzer's car was located.

Below initially maintained his innocence in Fetzer's disappearance and stated he was at work when she was missing, but his alibi turned out to be false. He later confessed to shooting her with a .380 caliber pistol in his apartment in Medina. He said he disposed of her remains in a trash bin.

Below pleaded guilty to attempted involuntary manslaughter in connection with Fetzer's case and was sentenced to 11 to 18 years in prison. Investigators believe he killed her because she wanted to end their relationship.

He is considered a possible suspect in several murders and disappearances of young dark-haired women, including Heather Teague, Mary Kushto, Kristina Porco and Shaylene Farrell. He has not been charged in connection with any other cases, however, and it should be emphasized that only conjecture links him to these disappearances.

Fetzer's remains have never been found.

Investigating Agency​

• Medina Police Department 330-725-7777

Source Information​

• The Doe Network
• 14 WFIE
• Officer.com: the Source for Law Enforcement
• The Akron Beacon Journal
• Where is Heather Teague?
• The Cleveland Plain Dealer
• The Akron Beacon Journal
• NamUs
• Ohio Attorney General's Office

Updated 6 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated January 6, 2012; date of birth added.

 

[Pennysmom2]

Kathern G “Kathy” Fetzer (1965-1991) - Find a...

She was 26 years when she went missing.

www.findagrave.com

Interesting to me, is the wording here of "Cremated". Did the family find out her remains were burned?

 

[Caring1]

5 Unidentified Person Exclusions